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Benedict16
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There is only one person who stood up for Jesus and she was a pagan. Her name was Claudius, wife of Pontius Pilate.
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Righteousone
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And she turned a Christian after she left Pilate.
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ricko
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Interesting. Where may I find that information?
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Joe_Kelley
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EB4304
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Well, she was the only one who was in a position of influence who stuck up for Him. I’m sure Mary and John, along with all the other women, would have had a say if they could have. Or maybe not Mary - she probably knew in her heart that He had to die.
But that story reminds me of my own situation in a fairly liberal Catholic college. More often than not, it’s the non-Catholics who defend the Catholic faith more than the Catholics do (this is especially true in our theology department). I have no idea why that happens, but it seems similar to Claudia.
But that story reminds me of my own situation in a fairly liberal Catholic college. More often than not, it’s the non-Catholics who defend the Catholic faith more than the Catholics do (this is especially true in our theology department). I have no idea why that happens, but it seems similar to Claudia.
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PBP
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Dont forget the good thief ! 
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LDNCatholic
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PBP;3160036:
One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”Dont forget the good thief !
But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” Luke 23:39-43
He did both
God Bless
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Righteousone;3160928:
“Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” Luke 23:39-43
He did both
God Bless
Peter
Yes, ok.
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paarsurrey
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Hi
The **PromisedMessiah 1838-1908 **has acknowledged her services in this connection:
Reading the gospel with care will show that Jesus (on whom be peace) did not remain on the Cross for three days; he did not have to suffer hunger or thirst for three days; nor were his bones broken. On the other hand, he remained on the Cross only for two hours, and the grace and mercy of God managed to bring about the crucifixion in the latter part of the day, which was a Friday, only a little time before sunset, the next day being the Sabbath, the feast Fasah of the Jews.
According to Jewish custom it was unlawful and a punishable crime to let anyone remain on the Cross on the Sabbath day, or during the night previous to it; Jews, like Muslims, observed the lunar calendar, sunset being regarded as beginning the day. So, on the one hand, there was this circumstance which arose out of earthly causes, and, on the other, Almighty God brought into existence heavenly circumstances, namely, that when it was the sixth hour, there was a severe dust-storm which darkened the earth for three hours.6 This sixth hour was after twelve o’clock, i.e., close to the evening.
Now, the Jews were afraid in this utter darkness, lest the night of the Sabbath should overtake them, and lest, having violated the sanctity of the Sabbath, they should deserve to be punished. Therefore, in all haste they took Jesus and the two thieves off their Crosses. In addition to all this, there was another heavenly cause, namely, that when Pilate presided at his court, his wife sent word to him not to have anything to do with that righteous person (i.e., not to attempt to punish him with death), for, she said, she had had a dream that night, which had troubled her very much. So, this angel, whom the wife of Pilate saw in her dream, would assure us and all fair-minded people, with certainty, that God had never intended that Jesus should die on the Cross.
From the day of the creation of this world, never has it occurred that God should suggest to a person in a dream that a particular thing would happen in a certain way, and still that thing should fail to happen. For example, the gospel of Matthew says that an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Arise and take the young child and the mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him’.
Now, can anyone say that Jesus could be killed in Egypt? Similarly the dream which the wife of Pilate dreamt was a part of God’s design, and it could never be that this design should fail in its object; and just as the possibility of Jesus being put to death during the Egyptian journey was against a specific promise of God, so here it is unthinkable that the angel of Almighty God should appear to the wife of Pilate and should direct her to say that if Jesus died on the Cross it would not be a happy thing for her, and yet the angel’s appearance should go in vain, and Jesus should be allowed to suffer death on the Cross. Is there any example of this in the world? None.
The pure conscience of all good men, when informed of the dream of Pilate’s wife, will no doubt testify that it was a fact that the purpose of that dream was to lay the foundation for the rescue of Jesus.
alislam.org/library/books/jesus-in-india/ch1.html
Thanks
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