PARAPHRASES

MARK 14

Jesus Arrested

While he was talking, one of his students, Judas, showed up. He brought a bunch of guys who had knives and bats, that were sent from the conference pastors, lawyers, and the church elders. The backstabber told the guys, “Whoever I kiss, is the dude we want.” Then he went to Jesus and said, “Teacher,” then kissed him. The guys took Jesus and arrested him, then some dude took out his knife and sliced the conference president’s secretary’s ear off.

Jesus said, “You’re coming at me with knives and bats, but does it look like I’m trying to start something? I was literally teaching in the church square everyday, and you didn’t do anything. But I guess the prophecy must come true.” Then everyone left him.

A boy, wearing only under garments, followed Jesus. They got a hold of him, but he escaped naked.

Jesus Before the City Council

They took Jesus to the conference president, the conference pastors, the church elders, and the lawyers, while Peter followed behind into, the conference president’s yard. Peter sat at the fire with some soldiers, warming himself.

The conference pastors and the city council tried to find evidence so they could kill Jesus, but they didn’t find any. Many told lies against Jesus, but their lies didn’t line up.

Some people got up and tried to testify lies saying, “He said, ‘I will destroy the church made by man, and build one up in three days that isn’t made by man.’” Their lies still didn’t line up.

The conference president got up asking Jesus, “Are you going to answer us? What are these men talking about?” But Jesus didn’t answer.

The conference president asked him again, “Are you the Savior?”

Jesus said, “I am the Savior. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right side of God, coming on the clouds from heaven.

The conference president ripped his clothes. “Do we need more evidence? You have heard these lies! What’s your opinion?”

Everyone condemned him to death. People spat on him; they put a blindfold on him and hit him, mocking him saying, “Tell us the future!” The soldiers took Jesus and beat him up.

Peter Disowns Jesus

When Peter was in the yard, the conference president’s girl secretary showed up. She saw Peter and stared at him. She said, “You were with Jesus.”

Peter denied her and said, “I don’t have a clue about what you’re talking about,” and left.

Then the secretary told the crowd, “He’s one of Jesus’ students!” But Peter denied it again.

A little later, someone near Peter said, “You have to be one of them since you’re from Galilee.” But Peter started cursing and swearing, “I don’t have any clue about the guy you’re talking about!” Then the rooster crowed twice, and Peter remembered what Jesus told him, “When the rooster crows two times, you will have already betrayed me three times.” Peter had an emotional breakdown and cried.

MARK 15

Jesus Before Pilate

In the middle of the morning, the conference pastors, the church elders, the lawyers, and the city council, decided what they were going to do, so they took Jesus and presented him to Pilate.

“Are you the Jews’ president? Pilate questioned.

“You said it,” Jesus replied.

A conference pastor accused him of a bunch of things. “Are you going to answer what their blaming you of?” asked Pilate. But Jesus didn’t say anything, which mesmerized Pilate.

It was a holiday tradition to release a bad guy. Barabbas had killed a guy during a protest. The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to do what he always does.

Pilate addressed the crowd knowing the interest wasn’t in his control, “Do you people want me to let Jesus go?” The conference pastors riled up the crowd to make Pilate release Barabbas instead of Jesus.

“What should I do with this so called, President, then?” Pilate asked the crowd.

The crowd screamed, “Kill him on a cross!”

Pilate replied, “Why? What did he do to deserve this?” But they all just kept shouting for Jesus to be killed. Because he wanted to please the crowd, Pilate let Barabbas go, and gave Jesus over to be whipped and be crucified.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

The soldiers all got together and took Jesus to the mansion, where they put both a purple robe and crown of thorns on him. They mocked him and said, “Praise the Jewish president!” They hit his head with a stick, spat on him, and fell on their knees. They made fun of him, took of the robe, and put on his clothes, then sent him out to be crucified.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

Simon, who was from Cyrene who was walking along, was forced to carry the cross, as they took Jesus to Golgotha. They gave him a mixture of some bitter stuff and wine, but he didn’t take any of it. They put him on a cross and had a lottery to see who would get what part of his divided clothes. When they nailed him to the cross, it was nine o’clock in the morning, and the sign above his head said, “The President of the Jews.”

They put two more people on a cross next to him. Everyone who walked by shook their heads, and said, “Oh, so you’re the guy who’s going to wreck the church and put it together in three days, just save yourself and get down from there!” The conference pastors and the lawyers mocked Jesus between themselves.

They said, “He saved other people, but he can’t even help himself. Let this so called Savior get down from that cross, so we can believe in him.” Even the guys who were being crucified with him, said rude things to him.

The Death of Jesus

At noontime, it was gloomy and cloudy everywhere until three o’clock in the afternoon. It was then when Jesus cried in agony, “My Father, my Father, why did you leave me?”

People standing around said, “He’s trying to talk to Elijah.”

Then someone took a sponge with wine vinegar, and lifted it up with a staff for Jesus to drink. “Leave him be, we’ll see if Elijah comes to rescue him now,” the man said.

Then Jesus screamed out in agony, and took his last breath.

The church curtains ripped from top to bottom, and when the commander saw Jesus die, he said, “This man really was God’s son!”

There was a group of women who watched a bit away, and in that group were Mary Magdalene and the other Mary. They followed him in Galilee and took care of him. There were a bunch of women from Jerusalem there.

The Burial of Jesus

It was Friday, and as the evening was coming, Joseph from Arimathea, who was waiting for heaven, went to Pilate to ask for Jesus’ body. Pilate was kind of in awe at the fact that Jesus was already dead and so he asked the commander. When he figured out the truth, he let Joseph take the body. Joseph got the body and wrapped it in fabric and placed it in a rock tomb. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary saw where he was buried.

Paraphrase of Matthew 26:47-27:66

Matthew 26

Jesus Arrested

Jesus was talking when Judas who was one of Jesus’s twelve disciples came up with a bunch of people who had knives and guns. They were obviously from the pastors and the respected old people of the church. The traitor was sneaky and had a sign to let the men know who Jesus was so they could catch him and put him in jail. He was like “The one I kiss is the man we want!” He came up to Jesus and was like “Hey Teacher what’s up?” and gave that man a kiss.

Jesus was like “Just do what you want man.”

The men came up and grabbed Jesus so they could take him to jail. Right when that happened, Jesus’s friend took out his knife and cut off the ear of the conference president’s personal assistant!

“Put your knife away,” Jesus told him. “If you use a sword to hurt it will come back to you. Don’t you think I could call down help from 12 groups of angels? But that’s not the plan.”

Jesus then said to the people, “What is going on? Am I a criminal? You bring guns and knifes to catch me. I’ve been with you all the time and you decide that now you want to catch me? I understand. It’s all part of the plan.” His students then ran away.

Jesus before the Sanhedrin

The people that had arrested Jesus took him to Casiphas, the Conference President where all the lawyers and the respected old people of the church were. Peter was following them until he came to the courtyard of the conference president. He decided to go into the courtyard and sit down and see what would happen. The elders of the church were all trying to figure out some way to pin Jesus down for bad things, but even after people came forward and told lies about him, it wasn’t good proof. After a while, two guys came up and were like

“This guy said that he’s able to tear down the temple of God and build it right back in only 3 days!” Then the Conference President was like,

“Why aren’t you talking? Give him an answer! Are they right?” Jesus didn’t say a thing. Then the Conference President was like,

“Yo, Jesus, you’re under God’s eye so you better not lie! Tell us if you're the so called Messiah, God’s son.” Jesus was like,

“You guys have said I am. From now on you’ll see me on God’s right hand, up in the clouds of Heaven.” The Conference President ripped his clothes and screamed

“No! That’s not even close to true! We don't even need any more people to bring us proof. You guys all heard him yourself! What do you say to that?” The crowd shouted out,

“He’s guilty! Kill him!” Then they started spitting and punching him and sneered,

“Was that in your prediction Respected One?”

Peter Disowns Jesus

Peter was sitting out in courtyard when a servant girl came up to him and said,

“Hey you're the guy who was with Jesus, huh?” But Peter quickly lied and said,

“I don’t even understand what you're saying.” Then he went out to the gateway where another servant girl saw him and exclaimed to the people around her,

“This man was with Jesus!” He denied again and said with a promise,

“I don’t even know who he is!” After a few minutes, the people standing around came up to Peter and said,

“You are of course one of Jesus’s friends right? You have an accent like there’s.” Peter began to get really ticked off and stated to curse. He swore to them,

“I don’t know the guy! Stop asking me! A rooster then crowed. Peter suddenly remembered what Jesus had said,

“Before the rooster crows, you’ll tell people three times that you don’t even know me.” Peter went out and started to cry.

Matthew 27

Judas Hangs Himself

In the morning all the pastors and the respected old people of the church had finished their plans in how they were going to kill Jesus. They tied him up and took him to Pilate, the governor. Judas realized the awful thing he had done and brought the money back to the pastors and respected old people of the church. Judas was like,

“Take the money! I have done wrong and handed over a free man.”

“We don’t care. That’s your problem,” they replied. Judas chucked the money on the church floor, left, and hung himself. The pastors picked up the money and were wondering what to do with it.

“It’s against the law to put these coins in the treasury. It is tarnished money.” They decided to buy up the Potter’s field and bury people that were not from the area. This fulfilled Jeremiah’s prediction from God that

“30 pieces of silver from Jesus’s body would be taken to buy the potter’s field.”

Jesus Before Pilate

Jesus was standing next to the governor when the governor asked him,

“Are you president of the Jewish religion?” Jesus replied,

“You guys said I am.” When the pastors and respected old people of the church started accusing him, Jesus was quiet. Pilate asked him,

“Don’t you hear them? What are you going to say back?” Jesus was silent and didn’t even say a peep through all the charges, which amazed and surprised Pilate. Now it was Pilate’s tradition to release a prisoner every year to the people at the festival. Now he gave them a choice between Jesus and Barabbas, a famous prisoner. He asked them,

“Jesus who is called the Messiah or Jesus Barabbas? Which one do you want me to release? He knew Jesus had committed no big crime and yet they still handed him over. Pilate’s wife meanwhile had had a weird dream and she sent a note to Pilate saying

“Don’t do anything bad with that man because I had a strange dream and he was in it.” The pastors and respected old people of the church had made up their minds. They influenced the crowd ask for Jesus to be killed and Barabbas to go free.

“I ask you again. Which one should will go free today?” Pilate asked.

“Barabbas!” We want Barabbbas free!” The people shouted. Pilate asked the crowd,

“Well what should I do with this Jesus?” The crowd screamed,

“Kill Jesus, kill Jesus!” Pilate asked them

“Why should I? Has he really done anything wrong?” But the crowed just got louder and yelled,

“Kill him!” Pilate was done with all this. He could tell that a riot was about to happen and so he washed his hands in front of all the people and said,

“Look at me. I am free of this guy’s blood now. Do whatever you want with him. He’s your problem not mine.” That was apparently fine with the crowd. They screamed back,

“We know, we know. His blood is on us and our kids.” Pilate then handed Jesus over to the crowd to be whipped and then killed while Barabbas ran free.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus

The soldiers took Jesus into Pilate’s tent and a bunch of soldiers surrounded him. They took off his clothes and gave him a scarlet robe and put together a crown of prickly thorns for his head. They put a stick in his right hand and mocked him saying,

“Oh President of the Jewish religion.” They spat on him, hit him with the stick and put his clothes back on him. After they bullied him they got ready to kill him.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

When they were walking to kill Jesus they saw a strong guy named Simon from Cyrene and made him carry Jesus’s cross until they reached the Skull Place. They gave Jesus some wine mixed with water but right after Jesus tasted it, he rejected it. They sold his clothes and made a sign that made fun of him saying This is Jesus the President of the Jewish Religion. There were two guys killed on crosses with Jesus. One had the right side, the other the left. People walked by and made fun of Jesus saying,

“If you're really who you say you are then just get down from the cross!” You can’t even follow through with what you said about the temple being rebuilt. What a loser. The pastors and respected old people of the church and the guys killed with him started doing the same and sneered,

“Sure you saved others but you can’t even save yourself. If he comes down from the cross we’ll be believers of him. God should save “his son” if he's not lying.

The Death of Jesus

It was dark from 12 pm to 3 pm and at 3, Jesus cried to God,

“God, God, why did you leave me?” Some people thought he was talking to Elijah and so they got him a sponge with vinegar for him and then let him be saying,

“Let’s see if Elijah comes to his rescue.” And when Jesus cried out again he let go of his spirit and died. Then all of a sudden, the church was torn in two from top to bottom! Their was a huge earthquake and rocks broke apart and tombs came open. These dead bodies came back to life and they started walking around and talking to people in town. When the Chief Warrant Officer and people around him saw what had happened they were horrified and freaked out.

“I’m sure he was who he said he was.” Many women such as Mary Magdalene, Jesus’s mother and the Zebedee’s mother came to be with Jesus and had to watch him die.

The Burial of Jesus

It was becoming night when a guy with a lot of moo-la came over from Arimathea. His name was Joseph and he asked Pilate if he could have Jesus’s body and Pilate agreed. Joseph took Jesus’s body and cleaned him up. He wrapped the body in cloth and put him in a stone tomb that was carved from rock and made sure there was a large rock blocking the entrance. The two Mary’s sat near the tomb and mourned.

The Guard at the Tomb

The next day the leaders of the church and the pastors went to Pilate with worry. They said to him,

“Remember with that guy we just killed was alive and said that he would come alive in three days?” So make sure no one can get in the tomb until the third day. Jesus’s students could take the body and make it look like he became alive again and that would mock us really bad.” So Pilate said,

“Take the guard and make sure the tomb is tight.” So they took the guard and placed him near the tomb and put a seal on the rock.

Paraphrase of Luke 22:47-23:56

Luke 22

Jesus Arrested

When Jesus was talking, Judas, one of the twelve students, lead a group of guys up there. He went in for a kiss, but Jesus was like, “Are you stabbing me in the back with a kiss?”

When his friends saw what was going on, they said, “Should we fight?’ Then one of them sliced the conference president’s secretary’s right ear off.

But Jesus was like, “Stop that,” and helped the guy feel better.

Then Jesus addressed the conference pastors, the soldiers, and the church elders, “Does it look like I’m trying to start something violent? I was at the church square everyday and you didnt do anything to me. But I guess this is your time.

Peter Disowns Jesus

They arrested Jesus and took him to the conference president’s home. A fire was started in the yard, and Peter chilled there. A girl secretary observed him and said, “You were with that guy.”

“I dont even know who she is, lady,” Peter replied, denying Jesus.

Someone else accused him again and said, “You’re one of his students.”

“No, I’m not,” Jesus replied.

An hour later, someone else said, “I’m pretty sure this guy was with him cause he’s from Galilee.”

“I have no clue about anything you’re saying,” Peter answerd back, denying Jesus again. When he said this a rooster crowed, and Jesus stared straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered what Jesus told him, “You’re going to betray me three times and then a roosters going to crow.” Then Peter left and cried.

The Guard Mock Jesus

The guys watching Jesus, beat him up and made fun of him. They put a blindfold on him and mocked him saying, “Prophecy!”

Jesus Before Pilate and Herod

At dawn, the city council, the church elders, the conference pastors, and the lawyers got together, with Jesus brought to them. “Tell us why you are the savior!” they said.

“If I give you any reason, you won’t believe me. If I asked you any questions, you wouldn’t answer me. But right now, the Son of God will be sitting at his right side,” Jesus answered them.

“Are you the Son of God?” they asked.

“You’re telling me I am,” he replied.

“We don’t need to hear any more evidence, he just said it himself,” they answered back at them.

LUKE 23

Everyone who got together too him to Pilate. They accused him of a bunch of things saying, “He claims to be are president and doesn’t like taxes.”

“Are you the Jewish president?” Pilate asked Jesus.

“You said it yourself,” Jesus answered.

Pilate told everyone, “I don’t think he did anything wrong.”

“He tries to cause a bunch of trouble with his preaching, and has traveled far,” they yelled back at Pilate.

At this point, Pilate figures out Jesus is Galilean and sends him to Herod.

Herod was really happy about seeing Jesus and wanted him to do a miracle. He asked Jesus a bunch of questions, but he didn’t even get an answer. The conference pastors and the lawyers were right there and they started to accuse Jesus. Herod and his men insulted Jesus by putting a robe on him. Pilate and Herod were not friends until that day.

Pilate got everyone together and told them, “You brought this guy to me and now its causing problems in the street. Herod and I haven’t found anything wrong with him. So I’lll punish him and then let him free.”

Everyone objected. “Get this guy out of here, we want Barabbas,” they yelled at Pilate.

Pilate wanted to let Jesus go so he kept asking the crowd.

All they yelled back was, “Nail him to a cross! Nail him to a cross!”

The third time Pilate addressed the crowd he said, “He hasn’t done anything bad, so I’ll punish him and let him free.”

But the crowd roared back wanting him to be nailed to a cross. Finally, Pilate gave in. He let Barabbas go and let them do whatever they wanted to with Jesus.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

The soldiers took him and got Simon, who was from Cyrene, to carry the cross. A big crowd followd the action, including crying women. Jesus addressed them and said, “Don’t cry for me ladies. Because one day you’re gonna be crying over childbirth. You’ll ask the mountains to fall on you. If you do these things when things are going good, what about when they get bad?”

Two other dudes were also going to be killed with Jesus, at a place called the Skull. The two criminals were crucified on both sides of Jesus.

Jesus told God, “Father, forgive them. They don’t know what they are doing.”

They divided up Jesus clothes by lottery. People watching were grinning. Some mocked him saying, “He saved everyone else, so he can save himself.”

The soldiers made fun of him and gave him wine vinegar. “Come on Mr. President. Save yourself!” they mocked.

There was a sign that said, “Jewish President.”

One of the bad guys yelled insults at Jesus, mocking him to save them.

The other bad guy said back at him, “Aren’t you scared of God? We’re here for a real reason. He’s not.” Then he told Jesus, “Remember me when you go home.”

“I’ll remember you when I get back to Paradise,” Jesus answered.

The Death of Jesus

It was twelve o’clock in the afternoon and everything got dark. The church curtains ripped into two pieces. Jesus cried out, “Father, I give myself to you.” He breathed for the very last time.

The commander saw all of this and looked to God saying, “This guy really was right.” A lot of people left, except for those who knew him, which included women from Galilee.

The Burial of Jesus

Joseph, who was a part of the city council didn’t agree with what they did. He was from Arimathea and he loved God. He asked Pilate if he could have Jesus’ body. He wrapped it up and placed it in a rock tomb. It was Friday. The women saw his tomb, and went home to get spices and perfume ready. But they followed the commandments and rested on the Sabbath.

Paraphrases of John 18:1-19:42

John 18

Jesus crossed the Valley and went to the other end of the garden with his students, after he prayed. Judas, the backstabber, was used to going there with Jesus, and so he took soldiers and some guys sent from the conference pastors religious leaders
. They had flashlights, lanterns, and weapons.

Since Jesus knew what was going to happen, he went to the guys and asked, “Who do you want?”

“Jesus from Nazareth,” they answered.

“That’s me,” Jesus said. As he said that, they all fell to the ground. So he asked them again, “Who do you guys want?”

They answered the same thing, “We want Jesus from Nazareth.”

Jesus responded, “I told you guys that’s me, and since I’m the dude you’re looking for, you can let everyone else go.” The reason this happened is so what Jesus said would come true, “I won’t lose anyone you give me.”

Then Malchus, who was one of the conference president’s secretaries, got his ear sliced off by Simon Peter.

“Put your knife away! I gotta’ do what I came here for.”

The group and of soldiers and the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus with handcuffs and took him to Annas. He was the father-in-law of the conference President, Caiaphas, who suggested to the other Jewish leaders that one guy should die for everyone.

Peter’s First Denial

Jesus was being trailed by Simon Peter and some other student. The other guy was tight with the conference president, so he got to go to the yard with Jesus, but Peter had to wait. Then the other student went to the secretary and got Peter in there.

The lady confronted Peter and asked, “You better not be one of this guy’s students.”

“I’m not,” he replied. Because it was cold, Peter warmed himself at the fire with some church workers

The Conference President Questions Jesus

While all of this was going down, Jesus was getting interrogated by the conference president.

Jesus told them, “I’ve been speaking publicly at church and haven’t said anything secretly. Just ask everyone else, they heard me.”

When he said this, he got decked by some worker standing close. “Is this how you talk to the conference president?” he reacted.

Jesus answered, “If I said anything wrong, tell me what I did, but if I didn’t, why’d you hit me?” Then Annas sent him to Caiaphas, the conference president.

Peter’s Second and Third Denials

Simon Peter was just chilling, when they asked him, “Aren’t you one of his students?”

“I’m not,” he replied, and betrayed Jesus.

Then one of the guys who was related to Malchus, confronted Peter saying, “Weren’t you at the garden?” But Peter betrayed Jesus again and then a rooster crowed.

Jesus Before Pilate

Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus to the Roman governor. Since it was early in the morning, they didn’t want to taint themselves, so they didn’t go inside, because the wanted to eat the holiday dinner. Then Pilate came out and asked, “What’d this guy do?”

“He obviously did something bad or we wouldn’t have brought him to you,” they answered.

“Judge him yourselves and play by your own rules,” Pilate told them.

“But we can’t give anyone the death penalty,” they argued. This happened so that what Jesus said about how he was going to die, would come true.

Pilate then called Jesus in and asked him, “Are you really the Jewish president?”

“Did you think of that, or did someone else?” Jesus responded.

“Am I Jewish? Your own people in charge sent you to me. What did you even do?” Pilate asked Jesus again.

“My state isn’t from this planet. If that was the case, then my students would’ve fought back against my arrest. My state is from somewhere else.”

“So you are a president!” Pilate said.

“You’re the one who’s calling me president. I came here to this planet to tell people the truth, and whoever hears truth is on my side,” Jesus answered.

“What even is truth?” Pilate asked himself as he proceeded out to the crowd. “I didn’t find anything wrong with him, but it’s tradition to always let a prisoner go around this time, so do you want me to let the president of the Jews go?”

“No! We want Barabbas!” they yelled back at Pilate. Barabbas took part in a protest.

JOHN 19

Jesus Sentenced to be Crucified

Pilate had Jesus whipped, and then the soldiers put a purple robe and a crown of thorns on him. They went to him and said, “Praise the President of the Jews,” as they slapped his face.

Pilate came out and talked to the crowd. “Just to let you guys know, I haven’t found anything wrong that he did.” Pilate presented Jesus to the crowd and said, “This is the guy!”

When the conference pastors and officials saw Jesus, they yelled, “Nail him to a cross! Nail him to a cross!”

“You guys can have him and do that yourselves, ‘cause I haven’t found anything wrong with him,” Pilate told the crowd.

The Jewish leaders pleaded, “We have rules, and because he broke them, he’s got to die. He called himself the Son of God.”

Frightened, Pilate went back inside his mansion. “Where are you from?” he asked Jesus. But he got no answer. “You’re not going to talk to me? Don’t you understand that I have the power to let you go or be killed?”

“You wouldn’t have that authority without a higher power. Whoever handed me over to you is the guilty person,” Jesus answered.

Pilate kept trying to let Jesus go, but the Jewish leaders yelled, “You're not Caesar’s friend if you let him go, because acting as if he’s Caesar.”

Pilate sat at the judge’s seat and brought Jesus out to the gravel pavement area. It was Friday, at twelve o’clock in the afternoon. Pilate told the Jews, “This guy is your president.”

“Get him out of here! Get him out of here! Kill him on a cross!” they yelled back at Pilate.

“Do you guys want me to put your president on a cross?” Pilate asked them.

“Caesar is the only president we have,” they answered Pilate.

So Pilate finally had Jesus sent to be killed on a cross.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

The soldiers took control of Jesus. He carried his own personal cross to what they called, Skull hill. They put him and two other guys on a cross, with Jesus in the center.

Pilate put a sign on the cross that said, “JESUS FROM NAZARETH, PRESIDENT OF THE JEWS.” A bunch of Jews read the sign, because Jesus’ cross was near a city. The sign was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

“Don’t write that he is the ‘President of the Jews,’ because he was only trying to our president,” the conference pastors told Pilate.

Pilate replied, “I wrote it, and that’s final.”

The soldiers split Jesus clothes into four pieces, and he only had his underwear on.

“Don’t rip it,” they told each other. “We’ll have a lottery to see who gets it.”

This happened so that the prophecy could be fulfilled. It said “They divided my clothes between them and bought lottery tickets for my clothes.” And that’s exactly what they did.

Jesus’ mom, his aunt, and Mary Magdalene were close to the cross. When Jesus saw his mom and his favorite student, he told her, “Lady, that’s your son.” Then he told his student, “She’s your mom.” Since then, the student let her into his house.

The Death of Jesus

Later, after everything was done, and he knew that the prophecy would come true, Jesus said, “I’m thirsty.” So they put a sponge soaked with wine vinegar on a hyssop plant’s stalk, and stuffed it against Jesus’ mouth. When Jesus tasted the wine, he said, “It’s over.” He let his head fall and breathed for the last time.

It was Friday so the Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies up because of the sabbath, so they asked the soldiers to break their legs and take them down. The soldiers did exactly that to the two men next to Jesus. When they got to Jesus, they found out that he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs, they stabbed a hole in his side. A bunch of water and blood came out. The guy who saw everything go down, tells the story so that everyone will know its true. All of this stuff happened so that the prophecy would come true. It says, “None of his bones will be broken.” Another says, “They are going to look at the guy they stabbed.”

The Burial of Jesus

After everything went down, Joseph from Arimathea asked Pilate if he could have Jesus body. Joseph was really one of Jesus’ students, but nobody knew because he was scared of the Jewish leaders. Pilate gave the okay and Joseph took the body. Nicodemus helped Joseph. He brought perfume and herbal liquids that all in all weighed seventy-five pounds. The two guys wrapped Jesus’ body in cloth and applied the spices. This was how Jews normally bury people. Jesus was buried in a new tomb that was near a garden. They put him there since it was already Friday.