by admin | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog, Unjargoned
Located about 25 miles to the north of the Sea of Galilee, Caesarea Philippi was situated at the foot of Mt. Hermon, near the source of the Jordan River. The city was developed by and named after Philip the Tetrarch, one of the many sons of Herod the Great, who ruled...
by admin | Nov 30, 2016 | Blog, Unjargoned
Caesarea Maritima was located on the Mediterranean coast about 65 miles northwest of Jerusalem. It became the residence of the Roman governors of Judea, including Pontius Pilate, who would only come to Jerusalem for large feasts such as the Passover and other...
by admin | Nov 23, 2016 | Blog, Unjargoned
A Roman Centurion was the equivalent, more or less, of a non-commissioned officer in American military today. Typically promoted from the ranks, a centurion would normally have charge of 100 men (a “century”), though the actual number could be somewhat flexible...
by admin | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog, Unjargoned
The Pharisees were a Jewish religious sect that was active during the ministry of Jesus and the beginnings of the early church but disappeared after the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in 70 AD. While speculations about the Pharisees abound, such speculations are...
by admin | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog, Unjargoned
The New Testament was not written in a vacuum. The good news of Jesus Christ was first spoken into a world that was already full of other movements and competing ideologies. This series of Unjargoned will deal with terms related to that historical background. Some of...
by admin | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog, Unjargoned
The past several weeks of unjargoned have covered a selection of the “jargon” used by biblical scholars. While we will certainly come back to this in a later series, we have reached the end of this segment—which means that next week it is time for our quiz! If you...
