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The Jewish society at that time, was under the Not long after, Judas Iscariot led a Jewis crowd and Roman soldiers
administration and colonization of the Roman Empire. People to capture him. The Jewis crowd accused Jesus of blasphemy against
suffered from various hardships. Consequently, the fame of Jesus the Jewish God and religion by his claiming to be the Messiah, and
Christ gradually spread, due to the way he cured people of diseases, the Son of God. He was brought to trial in front of the Sanhedrin,
namely, the cripples, people possessed by a devil, epileptic people the Jewish Court, and the Roman Governor of Judea, named Pontius
and the blind. People began to have faith in him and followed his Pilate. During the trial, he was beaten, sworn at and accused. Al-
preaching more and more everyday. The most important principle though Pilate himself could not find anything wrong, he was frus-
in his preaching is that of ‘love.’ To give the utmost love to God trated and did not want to be involved. He gave a signal by washing
is to show love to all mankind, to honor that everyone is created his hands with water to declare that he would not be responsible for
as equals, and that everyone is a child of God. His teaching helped any incident that would follow. At the end, Jesus was sentenced to be
people who were at the edges of society gain hope. His preaching executed by crucifixion outside the city, in the area of Mt. Calvaria.
differed from other religious leaders, such as the ‘Pharisee,’ who Jesus was crucified along with two thieves. After his death, two of his
claimed to be followers of the direct testament of Moses, but in fact followers took his body to be buried in a cave outside of Jerusalem.
were hypocrites in that they took advantage of people and society. The Bible confirms the resurrection of Jesus after three days following
As the popualrity of Jesus Christ increased, priests who believed his execution. He reappeared as the Holy Spirit, in front of his
differently rejected him. They were not pleased with Jesus’s claim apostles and more than 500 people. Then, his disciples and
of being the son of God who came to save humanity from sin. His followers gathered to pray for a blessing from the Holy Spirit.
assassination was plotted and planned, hence, the period of Jesus’s They attested to having seen him for approximately 40 days
preaching was over in a short 3 years after it began, and then he was before he returned to heaven. Afterward, there are thousands of
executed by crucifixion. people became devotees and have faith in the teaching of the Lord
The day that Jesus was captured by Roman soldiers was Jesus after listening to the preaching of Saint Peter, leader of the
in the night before the Jewish celebration of the Passover or “Pesakh, Apostles. This cause great dissatisfaction to the leaders of Judaism.
or Piskha” feast to commemorate their journey of liberation from However, Christianity had already become implanted in the hearts
slavery in Egypt and the crossing over the Red Sea. Traditionally, of the people and continued to spread. Some of the main disciples
people will celebrate by gathering for a supper together; the food were: Peter, who became the first Pope; John, the writer of the
would be lamb and matzah, an unleavened flatbread made solely gospels; Also there were Andrew, Philip, Matthew, Thomas,
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from flour and water. On that day, Jesus had ordered his 12 Apostles Matthias , Jacob, the son of Alphaeus, Jude (Lebbaeus or
to set the supper table accordingly to the tradition. At the table, he Thaddaeus), Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Paolo or Saint
announced before the meal that there would be one traitor among Paul. Some of the female figures in the first era, aside from Mary
the Apostles, but he still continued with the supper. After this last the Mother, were Mary of Magdalene, Martha and Lydea, etc.
supper (the Last Supper became the basis for the Catholic mass of
today), he led all the Apostles in prayer at the Gethsemane Garden.

3 Matthias was selected from the remaining 11 Apostles to replace Judas Iscariot
who betrayed Jesus Christ and committed suicide at the end.

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