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Jesus had been preaching to the people for three years. It was springtime, a time of year when the Jews celebrated the Passover Feast in Jerusalem. During the Passover, they remembered when God saved them from slavery in Egypt many years earlier.
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They celebrated the time when God's angel passed over their houses and spared the firstborn son in every household where the blood of a lamb was put around the door as God had commanded. Every Passover from then on, the Jews sacrificed lambs to remember God's saving them by the lambs' blood. Jesus, knowing everything that would happen to him, told his disciples that he was going to Jerusalem, where he would be sacrificed by being crucified.
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The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem were plotting to kill Jesus, because they rejected him as the Savior. Judas, one of Jesus' disciples, went to them and said he would help them get Jesus if they would pay him. Judas had been a dishonest disciple - he was in charge of the moneybag, but he stole from it.
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The Jewish leaders, led by the high priest, paid Judas thirty pieces of silver to help them get Jesus so they could kill him. Judas agreed and went away looking for a chance to help them arrest him.
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At the Passover meal with his disciples, Jesus took bread and broke it, saying, "Take and eat this. It is my body, which is broken for you." In this way, Jesus said that his body would be sacrificed for them.
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Then he took a cup of wine and said, "Drink this. It is my blood of the New Covenant shed for the forgiveness of sins." In this way, Jesus said that his blood would be poured out to cover their sins.
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Then, Jesus announced that one of them would betray him. The disciples were surprised and did not know who would do such a thing. Jesus said he would give a piece of bread to the betrayer, then he gave the bread to Judas. Judas ate it and Satan entered into him.
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Judas quickly left to plot Jesus' arrest.
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After the meal, Jesus and his disciples walked to the Mount of Olives. Jesus told them that they all would abandon him that night, and that God had written about this many years earlier in the Old Testament.
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Peter said, "Even if they all leave you, I will not!"
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Then Jesus said to Peter, "Satan wants to have you, but I have prayed for you that your faith will not fail. Even so, tonight, before the rooster crows, you will certainly deny me three times."
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Peter then said to Jesus, "Even if I must die, I will not betray you!" And all the other disciples said the same thing.
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Then Jesus and his disciples walked to a nearby garden called Gethsemane. Jesus told them to pray that they would not be tempted to stop following Him, while He went to pray by Himself.
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Jesus prayed three times to God the Father, asking if there was any other way for man's sins to be forgiven. He also told God that if there was not another way, he was willing to be the sacrifice for sin. Jesus was sweating and in agony, and God sent angels to strengthen him.
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After each time of prayer, Jesus came to see his disciples, and they were asleep. After the third time, Jesus came to them and said, "You can sleep later. Look, my betrayer is here."
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Judas came with the Jewish leaders, some soldiers, and a large crowd carrying swords and clubs. Judas told the Jewish leaders that he would kiss Jesus so that they would know who to arrest. He came to Jesus and said, "Greetings, teacher," and kissed him. Then Jesus said, "Judas, do you betray me with a kiss?"
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As the soldiers tied Jesus, Peter pulled out his sword and cut off the ear of Malchus, one of the Jewish leaders' servants. Jesus said, "Put the sword away! Don't you know that I could ask the Father for an army of angels to defend me? But I must obey my Father and do what he told me to do, as it has been written before in the Scriptures." Then Jesus healed the man's ear, and soon all the disciples ran away.
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As the soldiers led Jesus to the high priest's house to question him, Peter and John followed far behind. When Jesus was taken into the house, Peter stayed outside and warmed himself by a fire, while John was allowed to go inside.
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Inside the house, the Jewish leaders gathered to put Jesus on trial. They brought many witnesses who lied about Jesus, but their statements did not agree with each other, so they could not make it look like he was guilty. Jesus did not say anything.
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Finally, the high priest said directly to Jesus, "Tell us, are you the Christ, the Son of the living God?"
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Jesus said, "I am, and you will see me seated with God and coming in power from heaven." The high priest tore his robes and said, "We do not need any more witnesses. You have heard him say that he is equal with God. What is your judgment?"
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Outside the house, a girl saw Peter and said, "You also were with Jesus, weren't you?" Peter denied it. Later, another girl said the same thing, and Peter denied it a second time. Finally, the people standing around said, "You certainly were with Jesus because you are from the same place."
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Peter cursed and swore saying, "I do not know the man!" Immediately, a rooster crowed and Jesus turned and looked at Peter.
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Peter left and cried bitterly. Meanwhile, when Judas the betrayer saw that Jesus had been condemned, he became full of sorrow and went away and killed himself.
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The Jewish leaders brought Jesus to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, hoping to have Jesus killed. Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
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Jesus answered, "You have said so, but my kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it was, my servants would fight for me. But I was born to be a king and have come to earth to tell the truth about God. Everyone who wants to know the truth listens to me."
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After speaking with Jesus, Pilate went out to the crowd and said three times, "I find no guilt in this man." But the Jewish leaders and the crowd shouted, "Have him crucified!"
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Pilate became afraid that a riot would start, so he handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. The soldiers whipped Jesus, then they put a royal robe and a crown made of thorns on him, and they mocked him, saying, "Look, the King of the Jews!"
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Then they led Jesus away to be crucified, making him carry his own cross.
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They came to a place called "The Skull" and they nailed his arms and feet to the cross, lifting him up into the air. But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them because they do not know what they are doing." According to Pilate's command, the soldiers put a sign above Jesus' head that said, "King of the Jews." The Jewish leaders complained about this to Pilate, but he said, "What I have written stays written."
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The soldiers gambled for Jesus' clothing. When they did this, they fulfilled a prediction in the Old Testament which said, "They divided my garments among them and for my clothing they gambled."
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Jesus was crucified with two robbers, one on each side of him. One of the robbers mocked Jesus, but the other said, "Don't you fear God? We are guilty, but this man is innocent. Jesus, please remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus said to him, "Surely, today you will be with me in Paradise."
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The crowd and the Jewish leaders mocked Jesus, saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, come down from the cross and save yourself! Then we will believe in you."
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It was around noontime and darkness came over the whole land. It stayed dark from noon until 3:00 in the afternoon.
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After three hours, Jesus cried out, "It is finished! Father, into your hands I give my spirit." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. When he died, there was an earthquake, and the large curtain in the Jewish temple that separated the presence of God from the people was torn in two, from the top down. This showed that God now wanted everyone who believed in him and his Son Jesus to come directly into his presence.
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When the soldiers saw all these things they said, "Certainly, this man was innocent. He must have been the Son of God."
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Then a Jew named Joseph asked Pilate for Jesus' body. He and another Jewish leader named Nicodemus, who also believed in Jesus, took his body and wrapped it in cloth to be buried. They carried Jesus' body to a tomb cut out of rock, put the body in the tomb, and rolled a large stone over the opening.
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