Explore
Every light opens another layer.
Begin with Jesus. Select any connected record to recenter the constellation, reveal another layer, and inspect the evidence behind every line. Every verse in the Bible is a door into the graph.
- 4,108
- Entities
- 526
- Connections
- 343,552
- Cross-references
Exploring now
15 records · 16 visible lines
Accessible trail
Every visible record, in words.
The constellation is an overview, not the source of truth. These links and evidence records preserve the same selection for keyboard, screen-reader, and close reading.
- Event
The trial before Pilate
At daybreak the council delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor. Pilate questioned Him about being King of the Jews, found no basis for a charge, sent Him to Herod Antipas, who mocked Him and returned Him, and offered the crowd a Passover release. The crowd chose Barabbas. Pilate washed his hands, had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
Focus this layer - Event
The burial of Jesus
Before the Sabbath began, Joseph of Arimathea, a council member and disciple, asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. With Nicodemus he wrapped it in linen with spices and laid it in a new tomb cut into rock in a garden near the place of crucifixion. The women from Galilee saw where He was laid, and Matthew records that the tomb was sealed and guarded.
Focus this layer - Event
The resurrection of Jesus
On the first day of the week the tomb of Jesus was found empty, and He appeared alive to Mary Magdalene, to the disciples, and, according to Paul, to more than five hundred people at once. The New Testament proclaims that God raised Him bodily from the dead.
Focus this layer - Person
Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth is the center of the Christian faith and of FaithGraph. The Gospels present Him as the promised Messiah of Israel, the eternal Word made flesh, who taught, healed, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, rose bodily on the third day, and commissioned His followers to carry the good news to all nations.
Focus this layer - Person
John the apostle
John was a Galilean fisherman, the brother of James and son of Zebedee, called by Jesus beside the Sea of Galilee. With Peter and James he witnessed the raising of Jairus's daughter and the transfiguration, and Christian tradition identifies him with the disciple whom Jesus loved and with the author of the fourth Gospel.
Focus this layer - Person
Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene was a follower of Jesus from whom, Luke says, seven demons had gone out. She was present at the crucifixion, went to the tomb early on the first day of the week, and in John's account was the first person to see the risen Jesus and to announce it to the disciples.
Focus this layer - Person
Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary was a young woman of Nazareth, betrothed to Joseph, who received the angel Gabriel's announcement that she would conceive a son by the Holy Spirit and name Him Jesus. Luke records her consent and her song of praise; John places her at the cross.
Focus this layer - Person
Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate was the Roman prefect of Judea who presided over the trial of Jesus. The Gospels record that he found no basis for a charge, yet handed Jesus over to be crucified under pressure from the crowd and the religious leaders.
Focus this layer - Person
Simon of Cyrene
Simon of Cyrene was a man from North Africa who was coming in from the country as Jesus was led out to be crucified. The soldiers compelled him to carry the cross behind Jesus. Mark names his sons, Alexander and Rufus, as though known to his readers.
Focus this layer - Place
Golgotha
Golgotha, meaning Place of the Skull, was the site just outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was crucified. The Gospels give its name but not a precise location, and two sites in modern Jerusalem are proposed.
Focus this layer - Theme
Covenant
A covenant is a binding relationship God establishes with people by promise. Scripture traces covenants with Noah, Abraham, Israel at Sinai, and David, and the prophets foretell a new covenant that Jesus inaugurates with His blood at the Last Supper.
Focus this layer - Theme
Sacrifice and atonement
Sacrifice and atonement is the biblical pattern by which sin is covered and fellowship with God restored through a life given in place of the guilty. From the garments of skin in Eden and the ram in place of Isaac to the Passover lamb and the offerings of the law, the Old Testament teaches that without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. The New Testament proclaims that Jesus offered Himself once for all.
Focus this layer - Passage
Exodus 12:46
Open this Scripture reference and the relationships connected to it.
Focus this layer - Passage
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Open this Scripture reference and the relationships connected to it.
Focus this layer - Passage
Psalms 2:1-2
Open this Scripture reference and the relationships connected to it.
Focus this layer
Connections around The crucifixion of Jesus
The trial before Pilate precedes The crucifixion of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePilate hands Jesus over to be crucified and the soldiers lead Him away.
Evidence:The crucifixion of Jesus precedes The burial of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe burial follows the death the same evening, before the Sabbath.
Evidence:The crucifixion of Jesus precedes The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe Gospels narrate the burial on the day of preparation and the empty tomb on the first day of the week.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The crucifixion of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe passion narratives in all four Gospels record the crucifixion of Jesus.
Evidence:John the apostle participates in The crucifixion of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe disciple whom Jesus loved stands at the cross and takes Jesus' mother into his home; Christian tradition identifies him with John.
Evidence:Mary Magdalene participates in The crucifixion of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMary Magdalene is named among the women at the cross.
Evidence:Mary, mother of Jesus participates in The crucifixion of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJohn records Jesus' mother standing near the cross and being entrusted to the beloved disciple.
Evidence:Pontius Pilate participates in The crucifixion of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePilate presides over the trial and hands Jesus over to be crucified.
Evidence:Simon of Cyrene participates in The crucifixion of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceSimon of Cyrene is compelled to carry the cross on the way to Golgotha.
Evidence:The crucifixion of Jesus occurs at Golgotha
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceAll four Gospels name the Place of the Skull as the site of the crucifixion. The site's modern location is disputed, the name is not.
Evidence:The crucifixion of Jesus develops the theme Covenant
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe cup at the supper is the new covenant in Jesus' blood, and Hebrews presents His death as the sacrifice that inaugurates it.
Evidence:The crucifixion of Jesus develops the theme Sacrifice and atonement
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe New Testament describes Jesus' death as an atoning sacrifice offered once for all.
Evidence:The crucifixion of Jesus develops the theme Sacrifice and atonement
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus says His blood is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins, and the apostles describe the cross as a sacrifice for sin.
The crucifixion of Jesus explicitly fulfills Exodus 12:46
Explicit fulfillmentMedium confidenceJohn presents the unbroken bones as fulfillment of Scripture, and the Passover lamb rule is one of the two texts his words match; John has already called Jesus the Lamb of God.
Other responsible views
- Psalm 34 as the text: If John means Psalm 34:20 alone, the link to the Passover lamb is an echo rather than an explicit fulfillment.
The crucifixion of Jesus explicitly fulfills Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidenceThe New Testament explicitly applies Isaiah's suffering servant to the passion of Jesus. On the night of His arrest Jesus says that the words "He was numbered with the transgressors" must be fulfilled in Him; Philip explains the passage to the Ethiopian official as being about Jesus; Matthew cites it as fulfilled in His healing ministry; and 1 Peter describes the cross in its language.
The crucifixion of Jesus explicitly fulfills Psalms 2:1-2
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidenceThe church's prayer states that the gathering of Herod, Pilate, Gentiles, and Israel against Jesus is what the psalm described.
Evidence:The crucifixion of Jesus explicitly fulfills Psalms 22:18
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidenceJohn introduces the soldiers' act with the statement that it happened to fulfill the Scripture.
Evidence:The crucifixion of Jesus explicitly fulfills Psalms 69:21
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidenceJohn says Jesus spoke of thirst to fulfill the Scripture and was given sour wine; Psalm 69 speaks of gall for food and vinegar for thirst, and Matthew records wine mixed with gall.
Other responsible views
- Which Scripture John means: John does not name the psalm. Psalm 69:21 is the usual identification because of the vinegar; some readers hear Psalm 22:15 as well.
The crucifixion of Jesus explicitly fulfills Zechariah 12:10
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidenceJohn cites the passage as Scripture fulfilled at the piercing of Jesus' side.
Evidence: