Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” John 20:21 Three times in John 20 Jesus shows himself alive to those who love him and each time he speaks of sending them so that others might believe. His followers were just happy that Jesus was not...
Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” John 20:18 It must have been something for Mary, who had watched Jesus die on the cross, to see him that first Easter morning—alive! Can you imagine her excitement? I think you can. You see...
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the...
Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30 It was a plan introduced to us in the third chapter of the Bible; a plan in which the Savior would crush the head of Satan. For thousands of years God had worked that plan which...
When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” John 19:26-27 Jesus saw the pain in his mother's eyes, but he was on the cross--dying. He...
When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s...
“Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” John 19:14-15 Pilate did not believe Jesus to be a king, but he knew Jesus was innocent. I don't know what the people in the crowd were thinking that they...
Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face. John 19:1-3 Pilate saw Jesus...
“You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. John...
Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. John 18:28 The Jewish leaders had conducted an illegal...