Index:

Preface and Message from the Authors

 

The Birth of Jesus Christ

1. Zachariah's vision at the temple
2. An angel at Nazareth
3. The Magnificat
4. The birth of John the Baptist
5. The monks of the Dead Sea
6. The world's first Christmas
7. Today's Christmas
8. Herod the Great and the legend of the wise kings
9. The presentation of Jesus in the temple

   The Childhood of Jesus Christ

10. The succession of Herod the Great
11. Nazareth
12. The child Jesus
13. Jesus in the Temple at the age of 12
14. The hidden life of Jesus
15. Jesus' Family in the Scriptures
16. The mission of John the Baptist

    The Beginning of the Ministry

17. Birth and dating of Jesus' Ministry
18. Waiting for the Messiah
19. Jesus' retreat and the temptations
20. Jesus at Nazareth
21. The lake of Gennesaret
22. The arrest of John the Baptist
23. The first disciples

    First Works and The World Of Jesus  

24. The wedding at Cana
25. Jesus ejects the traders from the Temple
26. Jesus' Miracles on the Sabbath
27. The universe and man
28. A light in our world
29. The rivers of living water
30. The bread of life
31. The earth, the seed and the sky

    The Path to Eternal Life

32. To be born again in the spirit
33. The 3 forms of baptism
34. In the likeness of the angels
35. To gain "eternal life"
36. "The good shepherd"
37. A Father in Heaven

    The True Love of Christ

38. The forgiveness of the Father
39. The Kingdom of Heaven
40. The power of Heaven
41. A new commandment: "To love"
42. The art of loving
43. Mount Tabor in Galilee

    The Ten Beatitudes

44. The Ten Beatitudes:
    • Beatitude 1: "Blessed are you that hunger now"
    • Beatitude 2: "Blessed are the poor in spirit"
    • Beatitude 3: "Blessed are the poor"
      • The extremely poor
      • The new poor
      • Charity in the Old Testament
      • Charity in the New Testament
    • Beatitude 4: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness"
      • The righteousness of God in the Old testament
      • The story of the adulterous woman
      • The righteousness of men
    • Beatitude 5: "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake"
    • Beatitude 6: "Blessed are you that weep now"
    • Beatitude 7: "Blessed are the meek"
    • Beatitude 8: "Blessed are the merciful"
    • Beatitude 9: "Blessed are the peacemakers"
    • Beatitude 10: "Blessed are the pure in heart"

    The Core of Jesus Ministry

45. The children
46. The scandal
47. John the Baptist's death
48. Multiplying the fishes and loaves

    Women and Jesus

49. Women
    • Women in the Old Testament
    • Jesus and the women of his time
    • Mary Magdalene and the commentary of Luke
    • 3 miracles given to women
    • Today's women
    • The eternity and the stars
50. Martha and Mary at Bethany

    Domination by Rome

51. The years 30-40AD in Rome
52. The taxations on the Jews
    • Direct taxation
    • Indirect taxation
    • Religious taxation

    Jesus Miracles and the opposition from the Jewish religious leaders  

53. The miracles of Jesus :
    • Miracles with natural elements
    • Healing in Palestine
    • Miracles with non-Jewish people
    • Reflection concerning the miracles
54. The 3 resurrections by Jesus
55. The transfiguration
56. The Samaritans:
    • Historical summary about Samaria
    • Jesus and the Samaritan people
    • Jesus and "the Samaritan woman"
57. The 3 Jewish attempts of murder on Jesus
58. Jesus and the Jewish religious leaders

    Jesus before His Death

59. The triumphant arrival into Jerusalem
60. Jerusalem's fall and the end of the world
    • Prophecies concerning the fall of Jerusalem
    • Prophecies on the end of the world
    • The day and the hour
    • Parables on the end of the world
61. The Last Supper
    • Preparation of the last Passover
    • Judas leaves the table
    • The first communion
    • The washing of the disciples' feet
    • The predictions about Peter
    • John and the Passover message
    • The sacerdotal prayer
62. A night on the Mount of Olives
63. The Trials of Jesus of Nazareth
    • Jesus before the Sanhedrin
    • Jesus before Pontius Pilate
    • Jesus before Herod Antipas
    • Jesus brought back to Pilate

    The Passion of Jesus

64. Pontius Pilate
65. Dying and love
66. The burial
67. The passion of a mother
68. Mary, mediator of men

    The Resurrection and the Ascension of Jesus Christ

69. The resurrection of Jesus Christ
    • Chronology after the resurrection
    • The first day of the week
    • Eight days after
    • Jesus' appearance at the lake of Galilee
    • Reflection on the apparitions
70. The Ascension and the Pentecost

    The Post-Jesus and The Life of the First Christians

71. The Apostles' life after Whitsun
72. The first Christian persecution
73. Rome and the first Christians
74. Rome and the Jewish revolts
75. Ephesus and the last apostle
76. Roman testimonies about Christ

    Annex

    Map of Jerusalem of the time
    Geographical map of Palestine in 30 AD
    Jewish calendar compared to the Christian calendar