How did Jesus meet his death?

According to the Bible, Jesus fell while carrying the cross to Calvary, the skull-shaped hill in ancient Jerusalem, on his way to his own crucifixion. A Roman soldier stabbed Jesus' side with a spear after the crucifixion, causing blood and water to stream forth.
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Where did Jesus go between his death and resurrection?

Based on the wording in 1 Peter, there's an argument that Jesus spent the weekend between His death and Resurrection in Hell preaching to the souls who were already there, giving them a chance at the forgiveness available through His sacrifice not previously available before His death.
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Who did Jesus reveal himself to after death?

In the Gospel of John, Mary Magdalene found the tomb empty, and informed Peter. She then saw two angels, after which Jesus himself appeared to her.
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How did they know Jesus died?

The Gospel of John also states that, after Jesus' death, one soldier (named in extra-Biblical tradition as Longinus) pierced his side with a spear to be certain that he had died, then blood and water gushed from the wound.
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Where did Jesus go in the missing years?

New Testament gap

Christian tradition suggests that Jesus simply lived in Galilee during that period. Modern scholarship holds that there is little historical information to determine what happened during those years.
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Where did Jesus go for 17 years?

Product Description. Ancient texts reveal that Jesus spent 17 years in the Orient. They say that from age 13 to age 29, Jesus traveled to India, Nepal, Ladakh and Tibet as both student and teacher.
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What is the missing age of Jesus?

The unaccounted years, also known as the 'Lost Years' of Jesus Christ, between the age of 12 and 30 is a biblical conundrum that has baffled scholars and Christians for years.
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What did Jesus cry out when he died?

Jesus not only uttered the words, “It is finished,” he shouted them. The Apostle John gives us Jesus' last words (John 19:30), but Matthew, Mark and Luke tell us Jesus cried with a loud voice (Matt. 27:50; Mark 15:37 and Luke 23:46). Jesus also said, “Father, into your hands, I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46).
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Who saw Jesus before he died?

According to the Biblical account, the Holy Spirit visited Simeon and revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Christ of God.
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Was Jesus aware that he was crucified?

There are several references in the Synoptic Gospels (the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke) to Jesus predicting his own death, the first two occasions building up to the final prediction of his crucifixion.
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Who was the first person to go to heaven alive?

Sacred Scripture teaches that Enoch and Elijah were assumed into heaven while still alive and not experiencing physical death.
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Who was the first person to see Jesus?

9 Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
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Who saw Jesus ascend into heaven?

Forty days after his resurrection, Christ, shrouded in clouds, ascends to Heaven. The climactic event of his time on Earth is witnessed by 11 of his 12 Disciples: Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Christ for 30 pieces of silver, had hanged himself in shame.
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What did Jesus do 3 days after he was crucified?

He returned after his resurrection and showed himself and taught the people. Two, he preached to the spirits in prison. On the third day, an angel came and rolled away the stone that closed the tomb. While walking in the garden that morning, my wife and I could easily visualize the stone that was placed there.
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Where did Jesus's soul go?

At death his Spirit went to the Father in heaven, and then returned to be clothed in the resurrection body, in which he appeared to the disciples over a period of 40 days before the ascension. The statement in John 20:17 tells us that the ascension of the resurrected Christ had not yet happened.
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Would Judas go to heaven?

It is one step, but looking to Jesus as the crucified, risen Savior for one's soul is what brings salvation, assurance of being in heaven for eternity. So from what Jesus said in Matthew 26:24, it would certainly appear that Judas is not in heaven.
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Where did Mary go after Jesus died?

She ascended into heaven

The early centuries of the Christian tradition were silent on the death of Mary. But by the seventh and eighth centuries, the belief in the bodily ascension of Mary into heaven, had taken a firm hold in both the Western and Eastern Churches.
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Which language did Jesus speak?

Hebrew was the language of scholars and the scriptures. But Jesus's "everyday" spoken language would have been Aramaic. And it is Aramaic that most biblical scholars say he spoke in the Bible.
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What did Jesus say right before he died?

Just before he breathed his last breath, Jesus uttered the phrase “it is finished.” Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.
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What did Jesus ask before he died?

When Jesus asked the two blind men, “Do you believe I can do this?” he is implicitly asking us the same question—or questions: Do you believe that I am the Son of God? Do you believe that I have divine power? In short, do you believe that nothing is impossible with God?
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How tall was Jesus?

He may have stood about 5-ft.-5-in. (166 cm) tall, the average man's height at the time.
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How old was Mary when Jesus died?

How old was Mary when Jesus died? According to Christianity.com, Mary was 46 to 49 years old when Jesus died. Britannica states that she “flourished” from 25 B.C. to A.D. 75. Assuming this is in reference to her lifespan, according to Britannica, Mary was approximately 54 to 59 years old when Jesus died.
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What religion was Jesus?

Of course, Jesus was a Jew. He was born of a Jewish mother, in Galilee, a Jewish part of the world. All of his friends, associates, colleagues, disciples, all of them were Jews. He regularly worshipped in Jewish communal worship, what we call synagogues.
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Where did Jesus live in his lifetime?

Summary of Jesus' life

Although born in Bethlehem, according to Matthew and Luke, Jesus was a Galilean from Nazareth, a village near Sepphoris, one of the two major cities of Galilee (Tiberias was the other).
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What did Jesus do when he was 12 years old?

Jesus at the age of twelve accompanies Mary and Joseph, and a large group of their relatives and friends to Jerusalem on pilgrimage, "according to the custom" – that is, Passover.
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