Jesus Christ

Bible Wiki Advertisement Bible Wiki Jesus Christ Jesus-2 Biographical Born c. 3 BC Died April 3, AD 33 Parents God Eternally by the Father Temporally by the Spirit Mary (virgin) Joseph (earthly) Spouse(s) The Church (spiritually)[1] Offspring Christians (spiritually)[2] Social Social class Artisan (earthly) Royal (heavenly) Occupation Carpenter Rabbi Messiah/Christ King of the Earth/Israel (metaphorically and literally) Nationality Galilean Ethnicity Jewish Religion Yahwism (belief system) Judaism (cultural) Christianity (founder) Spoke Hebrew Aramaic Greek Race Semitic Appearance Non-descript (incarnate human)[3] Bearded [4] All-powerful (Heavenly)[5] Mentioned In New Testament More Cross2 Christ redirects here. This article is about the man. You may be looking for the concept. Jesus of Nazareth (3 BC - AD 33) is the Messiah (Hebrew), or the Christ (Greek). Both words mean "the Anointed One." The title appears with the name Jesus in the very first verse of both Mark and Matthew.[6] Being in the form of God, he became man, willingly coming to Earth to die a horrible death.[7] This was not in vain, for he rose from the dead [8] to go to Heaven in a body designed to last forever.[9] In rising - or being raised - from death he proved that he was indeed the Son of God.[10] He is the radiance of God's glory, an exact representation of the Lord's nature.[11] Having lived a life without sin,[12] he entered a ministry as a teacher [13] and healer after having reached an age of 30 years old.[14] His early message echoed that of a cousin of his,[15] John, the son of Zechariah. Their message was simple: Repent! God's Kingdom is near. Most of Jesus' ministry came after John had been incarcerated as a political prisoner by the titular "king" of Judea. Jesus would later meet a similar fate. Ministering mostly in the province of Galilee, near the great lake by that same name, it was in his visits to Jerusalem that he fell out of favor with the leaders of Judaism. Daring t