Jesus may have died from a blood clot that reached his lungs, an Israeli physician said Wednesday, challenging the popular conception that he died of asphyxiation and blood loss during his crucifixion ...

The traditional 14 Stations of the Cross are: (1) Jesus is condemned to death, (2) Jesus accepts the cross, (3) Jesus falls the first time, (4) Jesus meets His Mother, (5) Simon of Cyrene carries the ...

A theory known as the Swoon Hypothesis suggests that Christ did not die on the cross, but simply fainted. The Swoon Hypothesis began to gain traction as far back as the 1700s, when historians first ...

The Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem begins with commemorating Jesus's condemnation by Pilate in the traditional site of Pilate's Praetorium and ends at the Holy Sepulcher with remembering his interment in ...

Do you ever hear people say things like “that’s her cross to bear” or “everyone has their own cross to bear” or “his illness is a real cross”? I’m not always comfortable with the implications I hear ...

The Seven Sayings of Jesus on the Cross are seven statements that Jesus made while he was being crucified, as recorded in the Gospels. The Seven Sayings — sometimes called the Seven Last Words — are ...

Jesus may not have died nailed to the cross because there is no evidence that the Romans crucified prisoners two thousand years ago, a scholar has claimed. 22 June 2010 • 11:47pm A penitent is nailed ...

The Biblical epic keeps reappearing as if it’s always on the cusp of a resurrection. At the beginning of the last decade, we saw big movie star vehicles based on Old Testament tales in Noah and Exodus ...

A sculpture of Jesus on the cross made entirely from wire coat hangers has been put on display at Southwark Cathedral. Tuner Prize nominee David Mach's piece, entitled Die Harder, depicts the figure ...

For many, the image of Jesus is that of a white man with wavy blond hair and blue eyes -- kind of like Jeffrey Hunter in 1961's "King of Kings." But a new film, "Color of the Cross," shows the ...