The Way of the Cross

The Roman soldiers took Jesus into the palace of the governor and the whole troop gathered around him. They stripped him and dressed him in a purple cloak. Then, twisting a crown of thorns, they forced it onto his head, and placed a reed in his right hand. They knelt before Jesus and mocked him, saying, “Long live the King of the Jews!” They spat on him, took the reed from his hand and struck him on the head with it. When they had finished mocking him, they pulled the purple cloak off and dressed him in his own clothes again,...

The Death of Jesus

From the sixth hour darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. At about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama Sabachtani?” which means: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? When they heard this, some of the bystanders said, “He is calling for Elijah.” And one of them ran, took a sponge and soaked it in vinegar and, putting it on a reed, gave him to drink. Others said, “Let us see whether Elijah comes to his rescue." ...

The Burial of Jesus

lt was now evening and there arrived a wealthy man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and the governor ordered that the body be given him....

The Guards at the Tomb

On the following day (the day after the Preparation for the Passover), the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate and said to him, “Sir, we remember that when that imposter was still alive, he said: I will rise after three days...

The Resurrection of Jesus

(Jesus Appears to the Women)

After the Sabbath, as the day was dawning, on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to visit the tomb. Suddenly there was a violent earth- quake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, went to the tomb and rolled away the stone from the entrance of the tomb and sat on it......