article_snippet.sent: (CNN)My name is Mark Goodacre, and I am a professor of New Testament and Christian origins in the Department of Religious Studies at Duke University.
article_snippet.sent: There are other characters in the New Testament who are identified by other characters in the New Testament who are identified by their hometowns hometowns.
article_snippet.sent: For example Simon of Cyrene and Joseph of Arimathea.
article_snippet.sent: Who bankrolled Christ's ministry?