Saturday, March 26, 2016

The Easter Story...

 MATTHEW 21:2-3 & 6-8:  Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied & a colt with her.  Untie them & bring them to me.  If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, "The Lord needs them," and he will send them at once... The disciples went & did as Jesus had directed them.  The brought the donkey & the colt & put on them their cloaks, & he sat on them.  Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees & spread them on the road.
 MATTHEW 26:14-16:  Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests & said, "What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?"  And they paid him 30 pieces of silver.  And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.
 MATTHEW 26:27-28:  And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
 MARK 14:32-34:  And they went to a place called Gethsemane.  And he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."  And he took with him Peter & James & John, and began to be greatly distressed & troubled.  And he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death.  Remain here & watch."
 JOHN 19:1:  Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.
MARK 14:71-72:  But Peter began to invoke a curse on himself & to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."  And immediately the rooster crowed a second time.  And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."  And he broke down & wept.
 MATTHEW 27:27-29:  Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters & they gathered the whole battalion before him.  And they stripped him & put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head & put a reed in his right hand.  And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
 JOHN 19:16-18:  So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.  There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.
 JOHN 19:32-34:  So the soldiers came & broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him.  But when they came to Jesus & saw that he was already dead, they not break his legs.  But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood & water.
 MATTHEW 27:57-60:  When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.  He went to Pilate & asked for the body of Jesus.  Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.  and Joseph took the body & wrapped it in a clean linen shroud & laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock.  And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tome & went away.
 MATTHEW 28:2-4:  And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven & came & rolled back the stone & sat on it.  His appearance was like lightening, and his clothing was white as snow.  And for fear of him, guards trembled & became like dead men.
 MATTHEW 28:5-6:  But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.  He is not here, for he has risen, as he said.  Come see the place where lay."
 JOHN 3:16:  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.