![]() ![]() ![]() The Sermon on the Mount is the longest speech and teaching of Jesus which is mentioned in the New Testament.Jesus fasted for 40 days and preached for 40 months.Maybe because he was the first Jesus I saw in a movie or his. That ministry lasted for about 3.5 years. The last time I watched this was during the betamax era and all I remember was Robert Powell was so perfect-looking as Jesus Christ. Jesus was 30 years old when he started his ministry.According to gospel of Matthew, Jesus’ father Joseph was a carpenter and for some years Jesus also adopted this profession.He feared that he might lose his throne to a newborn child named Jesus. Herod the Great, Roman client king of Judea, had ordered to kill all the newborn children in and around Bethlehem after the wise men failed to report back about Jesus’ birth to him.Some scholars believe that Jesus may have been born in spring or summer. As per the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Modern day in Palestine). His birthday is celebrated on this day because this day, Jews festival of Lights, called the Festival of Hanukkah started. Nobody really knows exactly when Jesus was born. According to some scholars, Jesus was not born on 25 December.Mother of John, Elizabeth, and Mother of Jesus, Mary were cousins. A notable divergence of Zeffirelli’s version of The Nativity from Matthew 1:18-25 is the presence of a woman named Abigail. John the Baptist was Jesus’ half-brother. Likewise, the film also involved Joseph, Mary, and Jesus’ escape to Egypt to flee from the wrath of Herod the Great who was insulted by the Magi’s homage Christ received upon birth.
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