Lazarus occupies a surprising position in the Gospel accounts. Widely known as the man Jesus raised from the dead, his story is actually much broader and richer than that. Living as he did at Bethany, near Jerusalem, Lazarus was uniquely placed to witness the swirl of events around Jesus. When Jesus Wept, the first novel in The Jerusalem Chronicles series by bestselling authors Bodie and Brock Thoene, unfolds the turbulent times in Judea during Jesus'...

Melchior the Magus, former court astronomer to King Phraates of Parthia, is a wealthy merchant, known for his integrity. It has now been over thirty years since the stars led him to Bethlehem. Melchior ponders the signs in the heavens. Could the time of the young Messiah's work on earth have come to fulfillment? Could Yeshua indeed be that child, now grown up and working miracles? And could any miracle save Melchior's son David? --Book jacket

The census riots are barely past. Bands of Zealots roam the canyons. Anguished shrieks echo against the hillsides of Nazareth as Rome crushes the last pockets of Jewish resistance. Aged scholar Rabbi Mazzar travels with his three Yeshiva students to Jerusalem for Passover and their bar mitzvahs. He has high hopes for twelve-year-old Yeshua, who seems to study people as well as Torah. Could such a one make a great rabbi? Or be the founder of something...

Spreading across the southern wilderness of Sinai to the northern area of Mount Hermon, the dispute over Yeshua of Nazareth's identity echoes over the historic land of Israel.

Ruled by Rome and manipulated by selfish religious rulers, the people of Jerusalem wonder if their Saviour will ever come. Now a healer walks the streets of Jerusalem, but is he the true Messiah, or just another imposter like so many before him?

King Herod, terrorized by nightmares, sends his soldiers to Beth-lehem to destroy every firstborn son, including the infant Yeshua, son of Mary and Yosef, hoping to find the child many believe is the Messiah.