Jesus Dies on the Cross Scripture: Matthew 27:45-56(NIV) 45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?&rdquo...
Jesus is Crucified Scripture: Matthew 27:32-44(NIV) 32 As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 33 They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the...
Undying Love Transcended Scripture: Matthew 27:27-31(NIV) 27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and...
A Bad Governor and a Worse Judge Scripture: Matthew 27:11-26(NIV) 11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied. 12 When...
Blood Money Scripture: Matthew 27:1-10(NIV) 1 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. 2 So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the...
Peter’s Denial Scripture: Matthew 26:69-75(NIV) 69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said. 70 But he denied it before them all. “I...
Jesus Was Never More Alone Scripture: Matthew 26:47-68(NIV) 47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people...
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial & Grieves Alone Scripture: Matthew 26:31-46(NIV) 31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the...
The Last Supper Scripture: Matthew 26:17-30(NIV) 17 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He...
Judas' Plots to Betray Jesus Scripture: Matthew 26:14-16(NIV) 14 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests 15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to...
