In the 1st century AD, the vast majority of people throughout the Roman Empire and beyond practiced various forms of polytheistic religion. The Empire …
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The Transfiguration of Jesus
About a week after the trip to Caesarea Philippi, Jesus took James, John, and Peter and led them to a high mountain. There, he was transfigured before …
The Decapolis Region
The Decapolis cities, located to the east and northeast of the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee, were a group of ten cities in the Roman period, …


