The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus

This is the crucifixion of Jesus it is one of the saddest moments of history yet it is followed by one of the happiest as Jesus resurrects from the dead and in this recount of events of happiness I will also debunk a huge lie that some people are told and in this lie, they are told that Jesus' disciples stole his body from the crypt that Jesus was laid in and pretended that Jesus was resurrected. It will be told through the stations

of the cross.

## **Station I: Jesus is condemned to death**

Jesus looks at the multitude who once welcomed him now they are hating him and they call for the release of notorious murderer and rebel leader Jesus Barabbas. Pilate shows them Jesus flogged brutally in an attempt to appease the crowds.

Jesus is condemned to death by Pontius pilate and he is sentenced to death by crucifixion. Jesus is battered and bruised from the flogging that he endured. His head is bloodied and aching from the crown of thorns upon his head. His entire body is covered in scars from the cat of nine tails that they used upon him. Jesus has his robe on him and he is in pain from what he went through as he stares out at the crowds that once welcomed him now they hate him and are asking for his death. Pilate looks at the crowds and he washes his hands in a bowl. "I am innocent of this man's blood, you see to it." Jesus is then taken out to be crucified.

Mary is heartbroken that her son is going to die.

## **Station II: Jesus carries his cross**

Jesus walks up to his cross the cross is wooden and it is heavy. Jesus takes up his cross and walks the long road to Golgotha. On the way there the news of Jesus being crucified spreads like wildfire. Multiple people come to watch Jesus and the other 2 criminals who are thieves carry their crosses. Multiple women see Jesus and weep. Jesus takes up his cross on the way to the place that he will die.

Jesus embraces his cross and takes it up. The wood aching against his back which has been whipped raw. The wood is heavy.

Jesus is both in pain and upset however he takes up his cross and continues on the journey to Golgotha and behind him and in front of him soldiers, people and Pharisees mock him.

He is in great pain. The wood dragging on his back leaning against his body which has been exhausted from enduring all of the floggings, and the crown of thorns laying on his head which are digging into his skin as he is walking towards calvary.

## **Station III: Jesus Falls the first time.**

Jesus' body has become weak from the cross being too heavy to bear. The soldiers are no help, they laugh and yell at him to get back up. They whip him countless times as they yell and scream at him to get back up. Jesus gets back up however the pain on his back is excruciating and so is the pain of the crown of thorns on his face. The mockery of the Pharisees and other people also deals small but subtle emotional blows of pain towards Jesus who is already in grief knowing that he will die soon. The layer of emotional agony he is going through at this moment is intense and the mockery and yelling from the people that once welcomed him is only adding more layers on to the dark cake of emotional agony.

He endures all of this pain and continues along to his journey.

The soldiers themselves whip him and continue to make fun of him.

## **Station IV: Jesus Meets his mother.**

The amount of emotional pain Mary went through is more than any mother could bear. She sees her son in agony and she is also there as her son consoles her. She sees him suffering and she is upset because her beloved son is suffering in front of her and is about to be put to death. This is one thing that no mother should have to go through. Her beloved son is about to be put to death and she sees her beloved son there all battered and bruised. He comforts her and she looks at her son who is mocked by other people.

## **Station V: Simon of Cyrene carries Jesus' cross**

A man named Simon (who doesn't appear in both *Superbook*s and only in *The Flying House*) carries the cross of Jesus who is already too weak to carry his cross. The soldiers are concerned that Jesus might faint or die along the way so they grab a man named Simon from Cyrene who was watching Jesus carry his cross. Simon agrees to carry Jesus' cross and they continue the long and winding journey to Golgotha. Simon carries the cross for Jesus without hesitation and Jesus is still mocked and yelled at by the soldiers and surrounding crowd.

## **Station VI: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus**

A kindly woman by the name of Veronica (implied to appear in the first season of *Superbook* in *The Flying House*) walks up to Jesus and wipes his face. Veronica too is also sad that Jesus is about to die. His face is so bloody that it leaves an imprint on her cloth. She holds the cloth that she used. Jesus continues on his way to Golgotha.

## **Station VII: Jesus falls a second time**

Jesus' body begins to grow even weaker and he falls again. The immense pain of carrying an object which is extremely heavy has taken an immense toll again he gets no help from the soldiers who whip and yell at him. He gets back up again and continues his journey

## **Station VIII: Jesus meets the women**

Jesus sees the women and consoles them and tells them not to weep for him but for their children. He comforts them.

## **Station IX: Jesus falls a 3rd time**

The grief in his heart at this point is overwhelming. His body has almost succumbed to the weight of the cross. He falls a 3rd and final time. Although he struggles he gets back up and continues to Golgotha,

## **Station X: Jesus is stripped of his clothes**

He has arrived at Golgotha. The soldiers take Jesus and strip him of his clothes as they begin to prepare to nail Jesus to the cross. The soldiers throw dice for the clothes. Everyone taunts and mocks Jesus. The immense pain he feels at this moment comes from all over his body. Everywhere on himself is hurting. His back would still feel painful due to being whipped over and over again, his back would feel like he had multiple knives as the whip that was used on his back was a cat of nine tails whip. His head hurts immensely from the crown of thorns being placed on his head and the thorns piercing into his head.

## **Station XI: Jesus is nailed to the cross**

The immense pain that Jesus would feel would come to feel even worse as nails are hammered into his hands in feet on the cross. His entire body would feel entirely painful and he would be in excruciating pain. His mother is also suffering as she is watching her beloved son be tortured on the cross and be nailed to the cross. His mother suffered what no parent should have to go through. The loss of her beloved son.

Jesus is in excruciating pain and he is suffering immensely.

People taunt and tease him. The Pharisees and the religious leaders say "If he saved others, let him save himself so that we might see and believe."

## **Station XII: Jesus dies on the cross**

Jesus looks down at the people who mock him and prays to God and says "Forgive them, father, for they know not what they do."

A prisoner who was executed alongside Jesus said to him "If you are the Messiah, Why don't you save yourself and us?" Another prisoner said "Don't you fear **GOD**? We received the same sentence he did but he has done nothing wrong." He looked at Jesus and said, "Remember me, Jesus, when you come into your kingdom." Jesus said back to the prisoner "Truly I tell you, you will be with me in paradise."

Jesus sees his mother and says unto his mother and John "Mother behold your son." then he said unto John "Behold your mother." John took Mary into his home and cared for her as his own.

Then a few hours later Jesus asks "Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani?" which means "My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?" Then the strangers on the ground say that he is calling for Elijah. Then he is handed a sponge dipped in wine. After this he says "It is finished" and he then dies on the cross. Then an earthquake struck and tore the temple's veil in half.

## **Station XIII: Jesus' body is taken down from the cross**

Jesus' deceased body is taken off the cross and lays in the lap of his grieving mother. The blood and the dirt on Jesus' body are wiped off as his grieving mother tends to her beloved son. Mary is excruciatingly upset. Her grief is immense as she sees her beloved son there.

## **Station XIV: Jesus is buried**

A man named Joseph from the village of Arimathea went to Pontius Pilate and asked him for permission to bury Jesus. Joseph is a disciple of Jesus and also a member of the Jewish council so he was allowed entry. At first pilate was suspicious but when he heard that Jesus had died and that Joseph was telling the truth he allowed Joseph to bury Jesus. Jesus was wrapped in linen cloth that Joseph had purchased from the city and he was laid in a crypt.

## **HE IS RISEN!**

This is the happiest moment. Jesus has risen from the crypt at which he was buried. Mary and a friend had gone to put some oils on the body however they had come to the crypt and found that the stone that protected the entrance had been rolled away. Then when they came into the crypt they saw an angel who said unto them "You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth the one who has died on the cross. You won't find him here. **He is risen!**" Then they were instructed by the angels to tell the disciples. Then 2 of Jesus' disciples went to go to the crypt and they themselves were amazed at what they saw.

## **Debunking a lie**

a common lie that is told by the high priest Caiaphas and the others and this lie has passed down through generations is that Jesus' body was stolen by the disciples. That in itself is a flat out lie. The soldiers themselves were bribed by the high priests to tell this lie. The priests went to pilate and asked for extra security around the place where Jesus was buried. However, if an intruder was to get into the crypt and roll away the stone some which would have had to have been some 10 tons and would require a lot of force.