When it was time for Jesus’ body to be brought down from the Cross, Pilate received a surprise visit from a high-ranking member of the Sanhedrin who was a secret follower of Jesus. His name was Joseph ...

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WORD ALIVE There was a “fake news” that Jesus Christ had risen from the dead because the grave was borrowed. The wealthy ...

Jefferson County jurors on Friday found Joseph Koenig guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Alexa Bartell after he and two other teenagers hurled a 9-pound rock through her windshield ...

At the start of the twelfth century, Scotland saw a religious revival and improved administration under David I, the most successful of Malcolm Canmore's sons to become king. He organised the building ...

They spoke at a meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York this past week where, for the first time, descendants of slave owners and enslaved people in former British colonies in the Caribbean sat ...

This tomb belonged to a wealthy man named Joseph of Arimathea. To move the rolling stone of such ... People visit friends and family, and enjoy grand feasts together. Devotees gather to sing Easter ...

Tiru Chabba and Joseph Morales were identified as victims of Thursday’s mass shooting at Florida State University. Chabba, an Aramark executive, and Morales, an FSU dining coordinator, were fatally ...

According to Jewish custom, no bodies were to remain on the crosses during the holy day. Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Sanhedrin who had secretly followed Jesus, stepped forward with courage.

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...