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Ananias ( / ˌænəˈnaɪ.əs /; Biblical Hebrew: חָנַנְיָהּ, romanized:Chānanyah) and his wife Sapphira ( / səˈfaɪrə /; סָפִירַה, Ṣafīrah) were, according to the biblical New Testament in Acts of the Apostles chapter 5, members of the early Christian church in Jerusalem. The account records their sudden deaths ...
Entering heaven alive (called by various religions "ascension", "assumption", or "translation") is a belief held in various religions. Since death is the normal end to an individual's life on Earth and the beginning of afterlife, entering heaven without dying first is considered exceptional and usually a sign of a deity 's special recognition ...
t. e. The Rapture is an eschatological position held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, consisting of an end-time event when all dead Christian believers will be resurrected and, joined with Christians who are still alive, together will rise "in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air." [ 1]
Raising of Jairus' Daughter by Paolo Veronese, 1546. The raising of Jairus' daughter is a reported miracle of Jesus that occurs in the synoptic Gospels, where it is interwoven with the account of the healing of a bleeding woman. The narratives can be found in Mark 5:21–43, Matthew 9:18 –26 and Luke 8:40–56. [ 1][ 2]
A depiction of the earthquake in the Book of Amos; Illuminated Bible from the 1220s, National Library of Portugal. A major earthquake is referred to in the book of the prophet Amos. Amos dates his prophecy to "two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II son of Jehoash was king of Israel" (Amos 1:1, NIV).
v. t. e. In Christian theology, the Harrowing of Hell ( Latin: Descensus Christi ad Inferos, "the descent of Christ into Hell " or Hades) [ a] is the period of time between the Crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection. In triumphant descent, Christ brought salvation to the souls held captive there since the beginning of the world.
Benjamin West 's The Angel at the Tomb of Christ. Matthew 28:2 is the second verse of the twenty-eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse is part of the resurrection narrative. Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary" were approaching Jesus ' tomb after the crucifixion, when an earthquake occurred and an angel appeared.
Gospel of Matthew. Christian Bible part. New Testament. Matthew 27:52is the fifty-second verseof the twenty-seventh chapterof the Gospel of Matthewin the New Testament. This verse describes some of the events that occurred upon death of Jesus, particularly the report that tombs broke open and the saints inside were resurrected. Content.