Meet JESUS the CHRIST

 There are some gaps in knowledge of Jesus' inner band after his resurrection. In the telling after the crucifixion its description was changed. When is twelve not twelve? Does it matter? These rock stacks, strangely, are called "The Twelve Apostles". They are a tourist attraction off the coast of Victoria, Australia. (They have their own Marine National Park.). I suppose once there were 12. The ocean has been working on their removal! Itinerant Jesus had a specific band of 12 men.

A despairing man - Judas, who slipped away from Jesus. I think that Judas’ sad end of life at a rope's end is fairly well known.. was it necessary? why did he?

In Jesus' final week he was often in the Temple. By day (only) he frequented Jerusalem, openly, except for the last night.. What about the other Jerusalem Temple mentions - was there a pattern? Did Jesus visit Jerusalem and its Temple regardless of danger? He would not put God to the test, would he?

On Hot Cross Buns Buns, cross, hot on the heels of Christmas fruit pies. January 2026 arrived local supermarket

The light keeps shining in the dark, and darkness has never put it out (John 1:5 CEV). In a long ago winter, during one Hanukkah*, Jesus was again recorded in the Temple. (He may well have been to many Jerusalem Hanukkah celebrations, as to the other recurring events in his culture.) John here gives us a note of the chronology of Jesus' life. In chapter 7 we see Jesus in Jerusalem even when the climate had become very threatening. He had been there (approximately in October) for the celebration called Booths (Tabernacles). Enmity against Jesus reached a peak with official action being by taken primarily by the elite, "the Jews", and their followers.