Titulus Jesus Quotes & Sayings

I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someone who might have loved you back but can't due to deadness. — John Green

In the end, the only one you can ever really please is yourself. How others feel is up to them. — Nicholas Sparks

The Romans may be known for many things, but humor isn't one of them. As usual, this interpretation relies on a prima facie reading of Jesus as a man with no political ambitions whatsoever. That is nonsense. All criminals sentenced to execution received a titulus so that everyone know the crime for which they were being punished and thus be deterred from taking part in similar activity. That the wording on Jesus's titulus was likely genuine is demonstrated by Joseph A. Fitzmeyer, who notes that "if [the titulus] were invented by Christians, they would have used Christos, for early Christians would scarcely have called their Lord 'King of the Jews'."[..] the notion that a no-name Jewish peasant would have received a personal audience with the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, who had probably signed a dozen execution orders that day alone, is so outlandish that it cannot be taken seriously. — Reza Aslan

All things in this world are two: in heaven there is but One. — Lili'uokalani

Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel
of the wicked
or stands in the way of sinners
or sits in the seat of mockers. — Anonymous

But I want to feel like life matters. I
had something real with you, but then the realness scared me. I decided to go for other things instead. — David Levithan

The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most affected by the proposal. — Al Gore

The plaque the Romans placed above Jesus's head as he writhed in pain - "King of the Jews" - was called a titulus and, despite common perception, was not meant to be sarcastic. Every criminal who hung on a cross received a plaque declaring the specific crime for which he was being executed. Jesus's crime, in the eyes of Rome, was striving for kingly rule (i.e., treason), the same crime for which nearly every other messianic aspirant of the time was killed. — Reza Aslan

If you close your eyes, no lighthouse can help you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is a time for all things - except marriage, my dear. — Thomas Chatterton

Jesus's titulus reads KING OF THE JEWS. His crime: striving for kingly rule; sedition. And so, like every bandit and revolutionary, every rabble-rousing zealot and apocalyptic prophet who came before or after him - — Reza Aslan

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities. — Sean Durkin

I don't think the world objectively exists the way we think it exists. There's a constant sort of storytelling process. — Charlie Kaufman

But how can one be warm alone? — Joseph Heller

By the bones!" said Shay. "He has all seven!"
"All seven what?"
"The Potter biographies! The College of Spires only had five of the volumes ... four now, since I stole one."
"What's so special about these books?" She picked up one of the fat tomes and flipped it open.
"Potter was a member of a race of wizards who lived in the last days of the human age," said Shay.
Jandra frowned as she flipped through the pages. "Are you certain this isn't fiction?" She asked. — James Maxey

Sometimes you got to put somebody in their place, let them know that you mean business and you're a grown ass man. — J. B. Smoove