Study Desk

You heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" They all voted against him: he was guilty and should be put to death.

Some of them began to spit on Jesus, and they blindfolded him and hit him. "Guess who hit you!" they said. And the guards took him and slapped him.

Early in the morning the chief priests met hurriedly with the elders, the teachers of the Law, and the whole Council, and made their plans. They put Jesus in chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

They put a purple robe on Jesus, made a crown out of thorny branches, and put it on his head.

They beat him over the head with a stick, spat on him, fell on their knees, and bowed down to him.

When they had finished making fun of him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.

On the way they met a man named Simon, who was coming into the city from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross. (Simon was from Cyrene and was the father of Alexander and Rufus.)

Then they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves, throwing dice to see who would get which piece of clothing.

They also crucified two bandits with Jesus, one on his right and the other on his left.

They had followed Jesus while he was in Galilee and had helped him. Many other women who had come to Jerusalem with him were there also.

On the way they said to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?" (It was a very large stone.) Then they looked up and saw that the stone had already been rolled back.

So they entered the tomb, where they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe—and they were alarmed.

So they went out and ran from the tomb, distressed and terrified. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

After Jesus rose from death early on Sunday, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons. She went and told his companions. They were mourning and crying;

and when they heard her say that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe her.

They returned and told the others, but these would not believe it.

Last of all, Jesus appeared to the eleven disciples as they were eating. He scolded them, because they did not have faith and because they were too stubborn to believe those who had seen him alive.

if they pick up snakes or drink any poison, they will not be harmed; they will place their hands on sick people, and these will get well."

The disciples went and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and proved that their preaching was true by the miracles that were performed.] [The women went to Peter and his friends and gave them a brief account of all they had been told. After this, Jesus himself sent out through his disciples from the east to the west the sacred and everliving message of eternal salvation.]

They wrote what we have been told by those who saw these things from the beginning and who proclaimed the message.