Jesus' Death and Burial

The day grew dim, and clouds began filling the skies.

Jesus was given a cross to carry up the trail of Calvary.

A hundred-pound piece of wood carving a deeper hole into his already exposed back, Jesus carried his cross up the hill towards the place he would die.

After losing blood and oxygen, Jesus collapsed to the ground with the cross.

Unable to carry it himself, a soldier took a man named Simon from the crowd and had him carry Christ's cross for him up the hill.

Some cried for his death.

Others cried to not have him die.

Thousands of people followed Jesus up that hill to watch him be crucified.

Many mourned for him that day.

Yet underneath the blood and sweat, Jesus walked with joy towards the cross, knowing what it would accomplish.

Legs trembling, blood dripping, and lungs gasping for air, Jesus made his way to the place of the skull where he would be crucified.

Soldiers grabbed him and laid him down onto the cross.

One by one they hammered nails into his wrists and feet and raised the cross up high for everyone to behold his suffering.

Crucifixion was designed to be a slow and painful death.

For hours men would gasp for air by pulling up on their feet and wrists that had nails driven through them.

Slowly, Jesus began to breathe and look upon the crowd.

And the people stood by watching.

But the rulers scoffed at him, saying, He saved others.

Let him save himself, if he is truly Christ.

The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine and saying, If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.

Jesus prayed, Father,

forgive them.

They do not know what they are doing.

The soldiers took his clothes and divided it up between them by casting lots, which fulfilled the prophecy that said that they would do so.

Pilate had a sign made in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek, so that all the people can read it walking by, which says, Jesus, the King of Jews.

The day grew dim, and clouds began filling the skies.

Jesus was given a cross to carry up the trail of Calvary.

A hundred-pound piece of wood carving a deeper hole into his already exposed back, Jesus carried his cross up the hill towards the place he would die.

After losing blood and oxygen, Jesus collapsed to the ground with the cross.

Unable to carry it himself, a soldier took a man named Simon from the crowd and had him carry Christ's cross for him up the hill.

Some cried for his death.

Others cried to not have him die.

Thousands of people followed Jesus up that hill to watch him be crucified.

Many mourned for him that day.

Yet underneath the blood and sweat, Jesus walked with joy towards the cross, knowing what it would accomplish.

Legs trembling, blood dripping, and lungs gasping for air, Jesus made his way to the place of the skull where he would be crucified.

Soldiers grabbed him and laid him down onto the cross.

One by one they hammered nails into his wrists and feet and raised the cross up high for everyone to behold his suffering.

Crucifixion was designed to be a slow and painful death.

For hours men would gasp for air by pulling up on their feet and wrists that had nails driven through them.

Slowly, Jesus began to breathe and look upon the crowd.

And the people stood by watching.

But the rulers scoffed at him, saying, He saved others.

Let him save himself, if he is truly Christ.

The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine and saying, If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.

Jesus prayed, Father,

forgive them.

They do not know what they are doing.

The soldiers took his clothes and divided it up between them by casting lots, which fulfilled the prophecy that said that they would do so.

Pilate had a sign made in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek, so that all the people can read it walking by, which says, Jesus, the King of Jews.