Followers of Jesus - Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph of Arimathea, Mary of Bethany, Martha, Zacchaeus, James the Just, Apostle, Lazarus of Bethany (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph of Arimathea, Mary of Bethany, Martha, Zacchaeus, James the Just, Apostle, Lazarus of Bethany, Desposyni, Seventy Disciples, Disciple whom Jesus loved, Salome, Disciples of Jesus in Islam, Nicodemus, Jude, brother of Jesus, Female disciples of Jesus, Mary of Clopas, Cleopas, Saint Joanna, Aristobulus of Britannia, James the Less, The Three Marys, Urban of Macedonia, Asyncritus of Hyrcania, Zenas the Lawyer, Achaicus of Corinth, Susanna, Apostolic College, Mark of Apollonias. Excerpt: Mary (Aramaic, Hebrew:, Mary m, Miriam; Arabic:, Maryam), commonly referred to as "Saint Mary," "Mother Mary," the "Virgin Mary," the "Blessed Virgin Mary," or "Mary, Mother of God," was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee. She is identified in the New Testament and in the Quran as the mother of Jesus through divine intervention. The canonical gospels of Matthew and Luke describe Mary as a virgin (Greek, parth nos). Traditionally, Christians believe that she conceived her son miraculously by the agency of the Holy Spirit. Muslims believe that she conceived by the command of God. This took place when she was already betrothed to Saint Joseph and was awaiting the concluding rite of marriage, the formal home-taking ceremony. She married Joseph and accompanied him to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. In keeping with Jewish custom, the betrothal would have taken place when she was around 12, and the birth of Jesus about a year later. The New Testament begins its account of Mary's life with the Annunciation, when the archangel Gabriel appeared to her and announced her divine selection to be mother of Jesus. Church tradition and early non-biblical writings state that her parents were an elderly couple, Saint Joachim and Saint Anne. The Bible records Mary's role in key events of the life of Jesus ...