A commentary on the gospels of the Passion by Donald Senior CP. The passion of Jesus is both a historical event rooted in the past and a living dynamic memory that gives meaning to the present.
Besides the gospel stories, do other sources shed light on the events of Jesus' Passion? Jerusalem itself, where Jesus' Passion took place, is a likely place to look.
The passion and death of Jesus appears in the four gospels and each dwells on certain details of that great story.
Serious study about the historical background of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the Gospels and New Testament has amassed a formidable library of material for more than a century.