Hi and welcome to
His words are life.
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Thank you for joining me today
and before we start to read
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let's go to God in prayer.
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Dear Heavenly Father, and dear
Jesus, thank you so very much
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for what we are about to read
today - the words and the story
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of your hours leading up to your
death and that death was for us.
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You came so that we could be
with you - we could never have
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made it otherwise and we just
thank you for that and we can't
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tell you thank you enough
but may these words somehow take
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root in our lives by the power
of your Holy Spirit and may we
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show to the world how much
we love you by the way we treat
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each other and by the things
we do to serve each other.
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Please be with us now as
we read - we love you so much.
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Amen.
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Again, I am reading from the
Gospel of John, the King James
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version - we are in chapter 18.
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When we left off Jesus had gone
to the garden of Gesthemane,
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and there Judas and the angry
mob had come to Him, seeking
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Him and we will
begin now in verse 8.
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Jesus answered, I have told you
that I am he: if therefore ye
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seek me, let these go their way.
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That the saying might be
fulfilled, which he spake, of
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them which thou
gavest me have I lost none.
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Then Simon Peter having a sword
drew it, and smote the high
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priest's servant and
cut off his right ear.
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The servant's name was Malchus.
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Then said Jesus unto Peter, put
up thy sword into the sheath:
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the cup which my Father hath
given me, shall I not drink it?
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Then the band and the captain
and the officers of the Jews
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took Jesus and bound him,
and led him away to Annas first,
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for he was father in law to
Caiaphas, which was the high
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priest that same year.
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Now Caiaphas was he, which gave
counsel to the Jews, that it was
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expedient that one man
should die for the people.
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And Simon Peter followed Jesus
and so did another disciple:
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that disciple was known unto the
high priest, and went in with
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Jesus into the
palace of the high priest.
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But Peter stood at the
door without. Then went out that
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other disciple, which was known
unto the high priest, and spake
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unto her that kept the
door and brought in Peter.
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Then saith the damsel that kept
the door unto Peter, Art not
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thou also one of this man's
disciples? He saith, I am not.
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And the servants and officers
stood there, who had made a fire
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of coals, for it was cold:
and they warmed themselves: and
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Peter stood with
them, and warmed himself.
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The high priest then asked
Jesus of his disciples, and of
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his doctrine.
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Jesus answered him, I spake
openly to the world; I ever
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taught in the synogogue, and
in the temple, whither the Jews
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always resort, and in
secret have I said nothing.
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Why asketh thou me? Ask them
which heard me, what I have said
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unto them, behold,
they know what I said.
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And when he had thus spoken, one
of the officers which stood by
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struck Jesus with the palm of
his hand, saying, Answerest thou
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the high priest so?
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Jesus answered him, If I have
spoken evil, bear witness of the
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evil: but if well,
why smitest thou me?
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Now Annas had sent him bound
unto Caiaphas the high priest.
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And Simon Peter stood and warmed
himself. They said therefore
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unto him, art not thou one of
his disciples? He denied it and
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said, I am not.
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One of the servants of the high
priest, being his kinsman whose
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ear Peter cut off, saith did not
I see thee in the garden with
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him? Peter then denied again
and immediately the cock crew.
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Then led they Jesus from
Caiaphas unto the hall of
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judgment: and it was early; and
they themselves went not unto
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the judgment hall, lest they
should be defiled; but that they
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might eat the passover.
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Pilate then went out unto them,
and said, What accusation bring
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ye against this man?
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They answered and said unto him,
if he were not a malefactor, we
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would not have
delivered him up unto thee.
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Then said Pilate unto them, take
he him, and judge him according
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to your law. The Jews therefore
said unto him, It is not lawful
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for us to put any man to death.
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That the saying of Jesus might
be fulfilled which he spake,
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signifying what
death he should die.
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Then Pilate entered into the
judgment hall again and called
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Jesus, and said unto him,
art thou the King of the Jews?
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Jesus answered him, sayest thou
this thing of thyself, or did
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others tell it thee of me?
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Pilate answered, am I a Jew?
Thine own nation and the chief
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priests have delivered thee
unto me: what has thou done?
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Jesus answered, My kingdom
is not of this world: if my
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kingdom were of this world,
then would my servants fight,
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that I should not be delivered
to the Jews, but now is my
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kingdom not from hence.
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Pilate therefore said
unto him, Art thou a king then?
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Jesus answered, thou sayest
that I am a king. To this end
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was I born, and for this
cause came I unto the world,
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that I should bear witness unto
the truth. Every one that is
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of the truth, heareth my voice.
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Pilate saith unto him, What
is truth? And when he had said
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this, he went out again unto
the Jews, and saith unto them, I
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find in him no fault at all.
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But ye have a custom, that I
should release unto you one at
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the passover: will ye therefore
that I release unto you the King
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of the Jews?
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Then cried they all
again, saying, Not this man, but
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Barabbas. Now
Barabbas was a robber.
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We are reading from the
Gospel of John, Chapter 19.
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Then Pilate therefore
took Jesus and scourged him.
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And the soldiers platted a crown
of thorns and put it on his head
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and they put on him a purple
robe, And said Hail, King of the
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Jews, and they smote
him with their hands.
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Pilate therefore went forth
again, and saith unto them,
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Behold I bring him forth to you,
that ye may know that I find
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no fault in him.
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And then came Jesus forth,
wearing the crown of thorns,
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and the purple robe. And Pilate
saith unto them, Behold the man!
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When the chief priests therefore
and officers saw him, they cried
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out saying, Crucify him, crucify
him. Pilate saith unto them,
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take ye him and crucify
him: for I find no fault in him.
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The Jews answered him, we have a
law, and by our law he ought to
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die because he made
himself the Son of God.
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When Pilate therefore heard that
saying, he was the more afraid;
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And went again into the judgment
hall, and saith unto Jesus,
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Whence art thou? But
Jesus gave him no answer.
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Then saith Pilate unto
him, speakest thou not unto me?
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Knowest thou not that I have
power to crucify thee, and have
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power to release thee?
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Jesus answered, Thou couldest
have no power at all against me,
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except it were given thee
from above: therefore he that
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delivered me unto
thee hath the greater sin.
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And from thenceforth Pilate
sought to release him: but the
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Jews cried out saying, If thou
let this man go, thou art not
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Caesar's friend: whosoever
maketh himself a king speaketh
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against Caesar.
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When Pilate therefore heard that
saying, he brought Jesus forth,
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and sat down in the judgment
seat in a place that is called
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the Pavement, but in
the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
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And it was the preparation
of the passover, and about the
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sixth hour, and he saith
unto the Jews, Behold your King!
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But they cried out, Away with
him, away with him, crucify him.
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Pilate saith unto them,
shall I crucify your King?
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The chief priests answered
we have no king but Caesar.
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Then delivered he him therefore
unto them to be crucified.
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And they took
Jesus, and led him away.
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And he bearing his cross went
forth into a place called the
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place of a skull, which is
called in the Hebrew, Golgotha.
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Where they crucified him, and
two other with him, on either
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side one, and
Jesus in the midst.
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And Pilate wrote a
title, and put in on the cross.
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And the writing was JESUS OF
NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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This title then read many of
Jews for the place where Jesus
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was crucified was nigh to
the city: and it was written in
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Hebrew, in Greek and Latin.
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Then said the chief priest of
the Jews to Pilate, Write not,
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The King of the Jews; but
that he said, I am the King of
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the Jews.
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Pilate answered, What I
have written, I have written.
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Then the soldiers, when they
had crucified Jesus, took his
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garments and made four parts,
to every soldier a part; and
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also his coat: now the coat
was without seam, woven from the
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top throughout.
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They said therefore among
themselves, Let us not rend it,
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but cast lots for it, whose
it shall be: that the scripture
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might be fulfilled, which saith,
they parted my raiment among
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them, and for my vesture
they did cast lots. These things
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therefore the soldiers did.
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Now there stood by the cross
of Jesus his mother, and his
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mother's sister, Mary the wife
of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
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When Jesus therefore saw
his mother, and the disciple
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standing by, whom he
loved, he saith unto his mother,
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Woman, behold thy son!
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Then saith he to the
disciple, Behold thy mother!
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And from that hour that disciple
took her unto his own home.
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After this Jesus knowing that
all things were now accomplished
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that the scripture might
be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
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Now there was set a vessel full
of vinegar: and they filled the
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sponge with vinegar, and put
it upon hyssop, and put it to
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his mouth.
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When Jesus therefore had
received the vinegar, he said,
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It is finished: and he bowed
his head, and gave up the ghost.
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The Jews therefore, because
it was the preparation, that the
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bodies should not remain upon
the cross on the Sabbath day,
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for that Sabbath day was an
high day, besought Pilate that
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their legs might be broken, and
that they might be taken away.
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Then came the soldiers, and
break the legs of the first, and
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of the other which
was crucified with him.
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But when they came to Jesus,
and saw that he was dead already
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they break not his legs.
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But one of the soldiers with
a spear pierced his side, and
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forthwith came
there out blood and water.
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And he that saw it bare
record, and his record is true:
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and he knoweth that he saith
true, that ye might believe.
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For these things were done,
that the scriptures should be
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fulfilled, A bone of
him shall not be broken.
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And again another scripture
saith, They shall look on him
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whom they pierced.
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And after this, Joseph of
Arimathaea, being a disciple of
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Jesus, but secretly for fear of
the Jews, besought Pilate that
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he might take away the body of
Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave
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He came therefore, and
took the body of Jesus.
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And there came also Nicodemus,
which at the first came to Jesus
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by night, and brought a mixture
of myrrh and aloes, about a
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hundred pound weight.
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Then took they the body of
Jesus, and wound it in linen
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clothes with the spices, as the
manner of the Jews is to bury.
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Now in the place where he was
crucified, there was a garden;
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and in the garden a new
sepulchre, wherein was never man
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yet laid.
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There laid they Jesus therefore
because of the Jews' preparation
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day; for the
sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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We are reading from the
Gospel of John, Chapter 20.
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The first day of the week coming
Mary Magdalene early, when it
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was yet dark, unto the sepulchre
and seeth the stone taken away
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from the sepulchre.
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Then she runneth, and cometh
to Simon Peter and to the other
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disciple whom Jesus loved, and
saith unto them, they have taken
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away the Lord out of the
sepulchre, and we know not where
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they have laid him.
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Peter therefore went forth, and
that other disciple, and came
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to the sepulchre.
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So they ran both together: and
the other disciple did outrun
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Peter and came
first to the sepulchre.
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And he stooping down,
and looking in, saw the linen
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clothes lying;
yet went he not in.
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Then cometh Simon Peter
following him, and went into the
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sepulchre, and seeth
the linen clothes lie,
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And the napkin, that was about
his head, not lying with the
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linen clothes, but wrapped
together in a place by itself.
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Then went in also that other
disciple, which came first to
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the sepulchre, and
he saw, and believed.
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For as yet they knew not
the scripture, that he must rise
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again from the dead.
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Then the disciples went
away again unto their home.
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But Mary stood without at the
sepulchre weeping: and as she
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wept, she stooped down
to look int the sepulchre,
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And seeth two angels in white
sitting, the one at the head,
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and the other at the feet, where
the body of Jesus had lain.
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Thank you for joining with me
today to read these words of God
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Till next time may he continue
to keep you in his care.
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