Study Desk

He asked him many questions, but Jesus said nothing.

In the past Pilate and Herod had always been enemies. But on that day they became friends.

He said to them, "You brought this man to me. You said he was trying to change the people. But I judged him before you all and have not found him guilty of the things you say he has done.

But they all shouted, "Kill him! Let Barabbas go free!"

But they shouted again, "Kill him! Kill him on a cross!"

But the people continued to shout. They demanded that Jesus be killed on a cross. Their shouting got so loud that

But Jesus turned and said to the women, "Women of Jerusalem, don't cry for me. Cry for yourselves and for your children too.

But the other criminal stopped him. He said, "You should fear God. All of us will die soon.

You and I are guilty. We deserve to die because we did wrong. But this man has done nothing wrong."

It was about noon, but it turned dark throughout the land until three o'clock in the afternoon,

A man named Joseph was there from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a good man, who lived the way God wanted. He was waiting for God's kingdom to come. Joseph was a member of the Jewish council. But he did not agree when the other Jewish leaders decided to kill Jesus.

They went in, but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

But the apostles did not believe what they said. It sounded like nonsense.

But Peter got up and ran to the tomb to see. He looked in, but he saw only the cloth that Jesus' body had been wrapped in. It was just lying there. Peter went away to be alone, wondering what had happened.

(But the two men were not allowed to recognize Jesus.)

But our leaders and the leading priests handed him over to be judged and killed. They nailed him to a cross.

We were hoping that he would be the one to free Israel. But then all this happened. "And now something else: It has been three days since he was killed,

but today some of our women told us an amazing thing. Early this morning they went to the tomb where the body of Jesus was laid.

But they did not find his body there. They came and told us they had seen some angels in a vision. The angels told them Jesus was alive!

So some of our group went to the tomb too. It was just as the women said. They saw the tomb, but they did not see Jesus."