{"product_id":"strangers-at-the-cross-673552","title":"Strangers at the Cross","description":"Many who were closely involved in the life of Jesus of Nazareth\u003cbr\u003eappear just occasionally in the narrative of the four Gospels.\u003cbr\u003eSome slip quietly across the stage, whilst a few show up only at\u003cbr\u003ethe end.\u003cbr\u003eOthers are aggressively active throughout his three years’ ministry\u003cbr\u003eeven though we may not read much about them until they are centre\u003cbr\u003estage.\u003cbr\u003eAt the start, they are all strangers to each other and what brought\u003cbr\u003ethem together was the shadow and the reality of the Cross,\u003cbr\u003eRome’s most humiliating and excruciating instrument of execution.\u003cbr\u003eHere is an attempt to understand these diverse characters.\u003cbr\u003eTo try their minds and appreciate their response to the one who\u003cbr\u003echallenged their lives.\u003cbr\u003eSome resolutely refused to acknowledge him as anything more\u003cbr\u003ethan ‘Jesus of Nazareth’—they never rose above this and remained\u003cbr\u003efor ever Strangers at the Cross.\u003cbr\u003eOthers came to a deeper understanding of who this man was, in\u003cbr\u003esome cases after only a brief but dramatic interaction with him—\u003cbr\u003ebut at the close these were no longer Strangers at the Cross","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763904446751,"sku":"9781846258275","price":17.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9781846258275_0.jpg?v=1772214319","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/products\/strangers-at-the-cross-673552","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}