Matthew 9:27 . "And When Jesus Departed Thence, Two Blind

The road that Jesus accepted on the way to Calvary had to first pass through the Garden of Gethsemane (גת שמנים olive press in Hebrew). It was here that Jesus, in his humanity, experienced true “fear, distress, anguish, and sorrow.” These emotions which Jesus felt that night were real. According to James Keating and Thomas White, who used Thomas Aquinas, states that Jesus has two natures, human and divine. Both were aching with grief. They explain that all humans have two wills, which are caught in a web of tension. The first will is our sensitive will, which contains our emotions. The second is our rational will where our rational decisions are made. Seeing that Jesus is fully human, he had both of these wills in operation in Gethsemane.

Jesus' death was an act of love that represents his final testimony to his trust in the faithful and loving God he proclaimed as his father.

There are many examples of people in The Holy Bible either losing their lives or putting their lives on the line for what they believed in. In this case it was for Christianity and their way of life. When Jesus of Nazareth came across the

As it was shown when Jesus healed two blind men and a servant, having faith results in action. In Matthew, two blind men called out to Jesus, and the crowd told them to be quiet (Doc. 1). This caused them to shout even louder, so Jesus walked over to them and asks what they want. The men said that they were blind and wanted their sight back. Matthew 20: 31 says, “Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him” (Doc. 1). Basically, all it took was one touch from Jesus, and they could see. These men proved their faith by not giving up when they were rebuked by the crowd and believing that Jesus could and would heal them. Because of this faith, Jesus took action and gave them sight.

the statement by Jesus to God when He is being crucified and asks his Father to

In the way a central theme and message seen throughout this section is discipleship. Mark 10:32 whereby he returns to Jerusalem to face his death, is one of the central verses to show the commitment and passion Jesus had to fullfill the mission set out to him by God.

The Pharisees came together and ended up sending a lawyer to question Jesus to test him. People who questioned his authority or tested him ended up being amazed or astounded by his response and teachings. According to Jesus, God will come and judge us all the good and the evil at an unexpected hour. Judas, one of his twelve disciplines betrayed Jesus with a kiss and for thirty pieces of silver. Peter, another of his twelve disciplines betrays Jesus by denying him three times. Judas repented and returned the thirty silver pieces and committed suicide. The governor as accustomed asked the crowd to pick a prisoner to be released, the options were Jesus, the son of God, and Jesus Barraban, the prisoner. The priests and the elders however persuaded the crowds to choose for the other prisoner instead of Jesus and condemn Jesus to death. After they crucified Jesus, the chief priests, scribes, elders, and the two crucified men whom were next to him challenged him to come down from the cross and save himself if he was the “Son of the Man” but Jesus ignored them. After his death God cried out loud for God, and after his second cry the temple was split in two and so were the rocks. The people who were watching Jesus now believed that he was “truly the son of

Privately, Jesus warns the disciples three times that not everything will happen the way they expect: "the Son of Man will be betrayed and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up" (Matthew 17:22-23).

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” (Matthew 26:26-28). After the death of Jesus, the apostles went into hiding.

"Oh, righteous one, in whom we are able to place great confidence; the people are led astray after Jesus, the crucified one. So declare to us, what is this way,

Jesus selected his leadership whom were labeled disciples ( Luke 6:13). He was rejected by his people (John 1:11). Jesus could not work with people who didn't believed in him ( Matthew 13:58). Judas betrayed Jesus (Luke 22:48). Peter denied Jesus (Mark 14:72).

Matthew chapter four tells you right off the bat what is about to take place. The first verse says, “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”(NIV Matthew 4:1). At this point, Jesus had fasted for forty days and forty nights, and the first temptation form the devil was food. He says, “...If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”(NIV Matthew 4:3). Jesus of course rejects his temptation and the many more that followed.

The teachings of Jesus focused primarily on the "the kingdom of God" and were usually relayed through parables drawing on familiar images from agricultural life. He rebuked the hypocrisy of some Jewish leaders and taught the importance of love and kindness, even to one's enemies. Jesus' popularity grew quickly, but so did opposition from local leaders. Roman rulers were uncomfortable with the common perception that he was the Messiah who would liberate the Jews from Roman rule, while Jewish leaders were disquieted by Jesus' shocking interpretations of Jewish law, his power with the people, and the rumor that he had been alluding to his own divinity. In the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly suggests to his disciples his end is near, but they do not fully understand or accept the idea. The clearest expression of this is at the "Last Supper," which took place on the night before his death. All four Gospels record that Jesus shared bread and wine with his disciples, asking them to "do this in remembrance of me." Christians celebrate this event in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or Communion. On this evening Jesus also predicts that one of them will betray him, which is met with astonishment and denial. But that very night, Jesus' fate was sealed when Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples and possibly the group's treasurer, led Roman soldiers to Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. As they arrested Jesus, the ever-colorful Peter defended his master with a sword, slicing off

Jesus had to carry his own cross, that probably weighed two times his size, all the way up to wear the crucifixion was going to take place. Already beaten and bloody, they lay him down onto the cross shaped piece of wood and begin by nailing his hands and feet into it and standing the cross up into the air. What a brutal sight it must have been for God to see his only son tortured like this, but the good news is that he knew what his plan was for Jesus and for his people and he knew what was going to happen after all this was over. Jesus died hanging from that cross, washing all of our sin away and paying the ultimate sacrifice. After he died he was wrapped in a white cloth and placed into a tomb with a boulder sealing the door to the outside world. Three days after being placed in there, the people went to check up on the tomb to find that the boulder was pushed aside and the white cloth was folded neatly where Jesus was laying. The son of God, the Messiah, rose again from the dead to fulfill his mission so that we may have everlasting life in God’s kingdom. God’s plan for our life and through Jesus he teaches us that if we follow in God’s word and make him our most prized possession and ask for him to be in our hearts that we may to “escape the penalty that God will execute upon all who have broken His

3) And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately saying tell us when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?