Passion Gospels are early Christian texts that either mostly or exclusively relate to the last events of Jesus' life: the Passion of Jesus. They are generally classed as New Testament apocrypha. The last chapters of the four canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) include Passion narratives, but later Christians hungered for more details. Just as infancy gospels expanded the stories of young Jesus, Passion Gospels expanded the story of Jesus's arrest, trial, execution, resurrection, and the aftermath. These documents usually claimed to be written by a participant mentioned in the gospels, with Nicodemus, Pontius Pilate, and Joseph of Arimathea as popular choices for author. These documents are considered more legendary than historical, however, and were not included in the eventu
Property | Value |
---|---|
dbo:abstract |
|
dbo:wikiPageID |
|
dbo:wikiPageLength |
|
dbo:wikiPageRevisionID |
|
dbo:wikiPageWikiLink |
|
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | |
dcterms:subject | |
rdfs:comment |
|
rdfs:label |
|
owl:sameAs | |
prov:wasDerivedFrom | |
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | |
isdbo:wikiPageRedirects of | |
isdbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | |
isfoaf:primaryTopic of |