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The Life and Word of Jesus Christ “As Jesus lay in the tomb after being crucified, two celestial beings descended from the heavens. As the massive stone rolled away Jesus appears above the tomb with His head above the skies.” This story of Jesus rising from the dead three days after being crucified can be found in canonical writings as well as non-canonical writings. The gospel of Peter tells this story as well as the gospel of Matthew. These books all have different and similar ways that they portray Jesus. Like many other Jewish Christians, the Ebonite’s viewed Jesus as being fully human, a righteous prophet but not a divinity. The contents of this paper will discuss the effect that a man named Jesus Christ had on early western culture as well as modern day society. “Like many other Jewish Christians, the Ebonite’s viewed Jesus as being fully human, a righteous prophet but a divinity not. The ebonite’s also portrayed Jesus as being a normal union between a man, who we believe to be Joseph, and Mary.” The Gospel of the Ebonite’s appears to be a harmonization of the canonical gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke. Another non-canonical gospel is the gospel of the Nazoreans. In this non-canonical gospel,