1. Facing Trial
Scriptures: John 18:12-24; Matthew 26:57-68 Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas John 18:12-14 So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him, 13 and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 Now it was Caiaphas who advised the…
2. Mocking and Council
Scriptures: Luke 22:63-71; Mark 14:53-65 Jesus Is Mocked Luke 22:63-65 The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him. 64 Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?” 65 They spoke many other things against him, insulting him. Jesus Before the Council Luke…
3. Peter Denies Jesus
Scriptures: John 18:25-32; Luke 22:47-62; Mark 14:66-72; Matthew 26:69-75 Peter Denies Jesus Again John 18:25-32 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, “You aren’t also one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it, and said, “I am not.” 26 One of the servants of the high priest, being a…
4. Judas Hangs Himself
Scriptures: Matthew 27:1-10 Judas Hangs Himself Matthew 27:1-10 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. Then Judas, who betrayed him, when…
5. Jesus Before Pilate and Herod
Scriptures: John 18:33-40; Luke 23:1-12 Jesus Before Pilate John 18:33-40 Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered him, “Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “I’m not a Jew, am I?…
1. Behold the Man
Scriptures: John 19:1-16 Behold the Man John 19:1-15 So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him. 2 The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment. 3 They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him. 4 Then Pilate went out…
2. Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified
Scriptures: Luke 23:13-25; Mark 15:1-15; Matthew 27:11-26 Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified Luke 23:13-25 Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, 14 and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a…
3. Mocked and Crucified
Scriptures: Mark 15:16-24; Matthew 27:27-44 Jesus Is Mocked Mark 15:16-24 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. 17 They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the…
1. John’s Account of the Crucifixion
Scriptures: John 19:16-27 John’s Account of the Crucifixion John 19:16-27 So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away. 17 He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”, 18 where they crucified him, and…
2. Luke and Mark’s Account of the Crucifixion
Scriptures: Crucifixion Luke 23:26-38 When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus. 27 A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him. 28 But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters…
3. Jesus Dies – Luke and Mark
Scriptures: Luke 23:39-49; Mark 15:33-41 Jesus Dies – Luke and Mark Luke 23:39-49 39 One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!” 40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 41 And…
4. Jesus Dies – Matthew and John
Scriptures: Jesus Dies – Matthew and John Matthew 27:45-56 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 47 Some of…
5. Burial of Jesus
Scriptures: Luke 23:50-56; Mark 15:42-47 Burial of Jesus Luke 23:50-56 Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man 51 (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom: 52 this man went to…