This category presents information about the texts and the authors, as well as the context of the Jewish society of the time. This information helps us understand the objectives and the constraints to which the authors of the Gospels were subject.
Luke is going to write two texts for us, which can be summarized as follows: the origin and history of the Church during the first century.…
The Gospel according to John stands out clearly from the writings of Matthew, Mark and Luke by its content and style...
Matthew's conversion is not described as a particularly significant event, just like those of Andrew and James...
Many commentators on the New Testament texts claim that the Gospel of Mark was the first to be written, followed then…
Our goal is to determine whether there is a relationship of dependence between these different accounts in the Gospels...
The chronological details given by John — in particular the series of "next days" — fit coherently into the framework…
The chronological details given by John — in particular the series of "next days" — fit coherently into the framework…
Jesus the Messiah and his disciples go to Bethany, located near Jerusalem...
Residents of Jerusalem, having learned of the presence of Jesus the Messiah in Bethany, went there to meet him...
Jesus the Messiah and his disciples take part in a great meal given by Simon, a former leper...
The apostle Judas Iscariot decides to betray Jesus the Messiah...
Jesus sends two disciples to find a colt at Bethphage...
Jesus the Messiah is about to enter Jerusalem through the southern gate, seated on the back of a colt...
In the evening, Jesus the Messiah and his disciples return to Bethany, where they will spend the night...
The next morning, Jesus the Messiah and his disciples return to Jerusalem; on the way they pass by a fig tree...
The next morning, Jesus the Messiah and his disciples return to Jerusalem...
Jesus the Messiah drives the merchants out of the Temple once again...
Many inhabitants of Jerusalem recognized in Jesus the Messiah, a healer who did good...
Even though this takes place on Monday, it seems obvious that every day Jesus the Messiah and his disciples returned to the Temple...
Every evening, Jesus the Messiah and his disciples returned to Bethany to spend the night...
It is therefore only the next day that the disciples see the fulfillment of their Master's word...
Jesus the Messiah was constantly questioned by the Pharisees, who were trying to trap him and to find in him the slightest…
Matthew, alone among the evangelists, gives us these lines of rare intensity...
We find Matthew again for this second parable, but also Mark and even Luke...
We come to the third parable reported by Matthew, that of the wedding feast...
This scene, reported by John alone, takes place in the court of the Gentiles, because these are foreigners, surely Greeks who…
The Pharisees and the Herodians have nothing in common, yet they agree to set a trap for Jesus the Messiah...
After the Pharisees and the Herodians, it is the Sadducees who step in. All of them are seeking to put Jesus the Messiah in difficulty...
It is now the turn of the teachers of the Law to enter the scene...
Through the various public interventions of Jesus the Messiah, we discover how his days unfolded at the Temple in Jerusalem...
The text of Matthew 23.1-39 comes as a conclusion to the confrontations between Jesus the Messiah and the religious authorities...
We are struck to see the Master carefully observing the offerings placed in the Temple...
John seems almost desperate in the face of the incomprehensible unbelief of his fellow citizens. ..
Matthew specifies that it was in private that the Master delivered this discourse (Matthew 24.3). The crowd, which remained in Jerusalem, probably thought…
As soon as Jesus the Messiah mentions the fig tree, everyone's attention is captured...
This passage from the discourse of Jesus the Messiah on the Mount of Olives highlights the uncertainty of the moment of his return and…
On the Mount of Olives, Jesus the Messiah delivers a discourse on the end times and adds another parable on…
The parable of the ten virgins highlights the need to be ready for the Lord's return...
This other parable is rather astonishing: the Master, who is absent, entrusts responsibilities to his servants...
Judgment is a precise reality, and here again we find only two categories of people, the saved and the lost...
These events take place on the Wednesday before the Passover, at a time when the religious leaders had made their decision...
Traditionally, the Passover lamb had to be slain between the two evenings, that is, between sunset and dusk...
This meal of Thursday evening, March 31, celebrated before his passion, nevertheless takes on a unique and solemn meaning...
At the last meal, Jesus the Messiah solemnly announces that one of the apostles present is going to betray him...
Here we see that the disciples still do not grasp the spiritual significance of the moment they are living through...
The Son of God, after laying aside his cloak, girds himself with a towel and washes his disciples' feet...
The institution of the Lord's Supper during the Passover meal is of immense spiritual significance...
John is the only evangelist to report precisely the premature departure of Judas Iscariot...
Jesus the Messiah addresses his disciples after the Passover meal and announces to them that that very night, all of them will be shaken in…
It is only at the end of the meal that Simon Peter reveals himself as we know him ...
Jesus the Messiah now begins a series of teachings intended for his disciples; the first concerns the notion of the way...
Jesus the Messiah now begins a series of teachings intended for his disciples; the second concerns the Holy Spirit...
This third passage relates words necessarily spoken at the end of the ministry of Jesus the Messiah...
Jesus the Messiah reveals to his disciples that the relationship he establishes with them goes radically beyond that of a master with his…
Persecution is about to fall upon the disciples and they will no longer be able, as was the case during these past years, to…
After mentioning persecutions, Jesus the Messiah comforts his disciples and friends...
Jesus the Messiah now speaks openly of his coming death....
Here we have the terms of a prayer of Jesus the Messiah addressed to his Father, and John was a direct witness to it...
At the end of the meal, Jesus the Messiah and his disciples sing the traditional Passover psalms...
After singing the psalms that conclude the meal, Jesus the Messiah and his disciples leave for the Mount of Olives...
Jesus the Messiah and his disciples leave for the Mount of Olives; they stop at the garden of Gethsemane...
Jesus the Messiah withdraws alone into the garden of Gethsemane to pray, while his disciples, who stayed at a distance, fall asleep...
The band of soldiers led by the apostle Judas Iscariot arrives to arrest Jesus the Messiah...
Jesus the Messiah is about to be arrested, but everything shows that he remains fully in command of the course of events...
During the arrest of Jesus the Messiah, Peter cannot help reacting...
Jesus the Messiah addresses the crowd that has come to arrest him; far from rebelling, he simply highlights the inconsistency of the authorities…
The arrest triggers an uncontrollable panic among the disciples, who see only one way out: to flee...
Jesus the Messiah, now arrested, is taken by the band of soldiers to the former chief priest Annas...
Jesus the Messiah, as part of a carefully prepared procedure, is now taken by the band of soldiers to the chief priest…
Peter and John followed from a distance the cohort escorting Jesus the Messiah, and they managed to enter the courtyard…
Caiaphas, surrounded by some of his most devoted collaborators, had organized the holding of the court in order to try Jesus the Messiah....
Temple guards, acting with Caiaphas's approval, are going to humiliate and strike Jesus the Messiah...
Peter never would have imagined sinking so low, he who denies his beloved Master three times...
Jesus the Messiah is brought before Pontius Pilate, the only authority empowered to pronounce a capital sentence...
Seized with remorse, Judas Iscariot returns the money by throwing it into the holy place of the Temple, then goes off to put an end to…
Pontius Pilate has managed to send Jesus the Messiah to Herod Antipas in order to rid himself of this matter...
Herod Antipas, having obtained nothing from Jesus the Messiah, sent him back to Pontius Pilate...
Pontius Pilate looks for a way to avoid the death sentence for Jesus....
Pontius Pilate no longer has any power to save Jesus; under the influence of Caiaphas and the Pharisees, the situation quickly deteriorates...
Pontius Pilate orders that Jesus be flogged, no doubt hoping that the religious authorities would be satisfied with this punishment...
Pontius Pilate, in a last hope, presents Jesus wearing a scarlet robe and crowned with thorns, thinking that the punishment should stop there...
Pontius Pilate orders that the reason for the condemnation be written as follows: "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews",…
The way of Jesus to Mount Golgotha, from Pilate's praetorium. Weakened by the flogging, Jesus can no longer carry…
Jesus stops, and like a great prophet, he utters words of striking gravity...
Having arrived at Mount Golgotha, Jesus is nailed to the cross by his hands and feet...
At the foot of the cross, the Roman soldiers divide his garments among themselves....
Against all expectations, a dialogue begins between Jesus and the two criminals...
Jesus the Messiah still finds the strength and lucidity to speak to John...
Among the events accompanying the crucifixion of Jesus the Messiah, the appearance of darkness in broad daylight is one of the most…
As is often the case, it is John who provides additional information passed over in silence by the other evangelists. His account makes it possible to better understand…
When the darkness gradually lifts, the witnesses then discover the reality of the drama that has just taken place: the Messiah…
At the death of Jesus the Messiah, several extraordinary phenomena occur simultaneously, underscoring the unique importance of this event in the history of salvation...
We note the presence of a majority of women, either standing at a distance or at the foot of the cross. Despite…
Evening comes and Joseph of Arimathea has to hurry because, according to Jewish law, everything must be finished before…
Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus respectfully lay the body of Jesus the Messiah in the tomb...
From the beginning of the following day — the Sabbath having begun the previous evening — representatives of the Sanhedrin decide to…
The women who had accompanied Jesus during his ministry remain among the most faithful of his disciples at the time of his death…
On Sunday morning at dawn, the women find that the stone of the tomb has been rolled away and that the body of Jesus…
On Sunday morning, the women then meet two men dressed in white, angels...
We observe a notable difference between the accounts of the Synoptic Gospels and that of John concerning the state of mind of the women on the morning…
After hearing the testimony of Mary Magdalene, Peter and John decide to go to the tomb to see for themselves…
After Peter and John have left, Mary Magdalene in turn meets the two men dressed in white, with…
The Gospels of John and Mark report that Mary Magdalene was the first person to whom the risen Jesus appeared.....
After leaving the tomb, the women walk away, still in turmoil and distress. It is then that the risen Jesus appears to them…
This third appearance is undoubtedly one of the most mysterious, since the authors of the New Testament are content to attest its reality…
The Roman soldiers abandon their post and go to the Jewish authorities to report to them the supernatural events to which they…
