Jesus was born before 4 b.c.e. and died around 30 c.e. ("of the common era," the equivalent of a.d.). The timeline is short ... the story of the first attempts to write the life of Jesus-the ...

Themes: Acceptance; compassion; caring for all; the life of Jesus. Summary: The source for this well-known Bible story is three of the gospels: Matthew 8: 1 - 4, Mark 1: 40 - 45, and Luke 5: 12 - 15.

Before the gospels were composed, Jesus' first followers sustained his memory by sharing stories of his life, death and teachings. It's rather clear from the way that the stories develop in the ...

The life of Jesus is told four different ways ... How would God be connected with that?" In the beginning ... In short, Jesus needed an origin story. And the authors of Matthew and Luke supplied one.

During his life on Earth, Jesus taught many things that people ... would have been feeling at that part of the story. This short film will be relevant for teaching KS1 religious education in ...