-- card: 18645 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 23618 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 2564 -- name: -- part contents for background part 1 ----- text ----- Both John and Jesus in the Bible thought that the end of the world would be very near. -- part contents for background part 2 ----- text ----- It was not until 300 years after Jesus' death that the cross of execution became a common symbol of the Christian faith.