Passover Book 3

Devin’s slides: 5-8 Slide 5: The Crucifiction Simon was forced to carry the cross for Jesus. Jesus was offered wine to drink, but did not drink it. People passing by hurled insults at Jesus. Chief Priests and teachers of the law were also saying insults to Jesus.

40and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

In the book of Matthew, Jesus’ story of his crucifixion plays out. His case is brought before Pontius Pilate who rules in Judaea as a judge. Usually at these events “the governor was accustomed to release a prisoner for the crowd, anyone whom they wanted” (Matthew 27:15). The crowd has two choices: Jesus, someone who had had a history of healing and teaching or Barabbas, a convicted murderer and rebel; they choose Barabbas. Pilate wonders why the crowd wants Jesus to be killed so badly. Although Pilate tries to challenge them, they start to riot. He then washes his hands and proclaims to the crowd that he is “innocent of this man's blood” (Matthew 27:24), sentencing Jesus to be crucified and Barabbas to be released.

With a loud cry, Jesus breathed His last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how He died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!” (Mark 15:39,

He told them to go to a man’s house and tell him that the teacher said that He will have Passover at his house with His disciples. The disciples did that and they prepared for the Passover. When they were eating Passover, Jesus told them that one of them would betray Him. 11 of the disciples were shocked. One by one they asked, “Lord, is it I?”

As Gillian Clark stated, “Jesus Christ was born in the reign of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, in an obscure district of the Roman-ruled territory then called Judaea. (Clark 4) Augustus led Rome 's transformation from republic to empire. At about the age of thirty, Jesus Christ was tied to a wooden cross and secured by nails. They went through his ankles and wrists, and he was left to die. Clark also stated that, “Roman law authorized this cruel form of execution, but it was usually reserved for slaves and rebels.” (Clark 4) The romans punished Jesus because he was accused of rebellion, blasphemy, subversion. After killing Jesus, Judaism became well respected in the roman empire.

When Jesus started to perform his so called metical’s the current rulers of Jerusalem feared that he might take over so when Rome sized control of Jerusalem they told the Romans that Jesus was guilty of treason.

This prophecy got concerned and when Jesus was alone with the disciples on the Mount of Olives in verse 3, they asked him, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" What follows in Matthew 24–25 refers to the future, seven-year tribulation period and the second coming of Christ at the end of the tribulation. During that time, God will complete His chastisement and purification of Israel and after the judgment of the whole world (Daniel 9:24-27; Revelation 6–19).

Jesus is brought in to stand trial before Pilate a Roman governor. Pilate clearly does not want to condemn this man; this was partly because he sees no real crime committed and partly because of a vision his wife had in a dream. Pilate first asks the Jewish High Priests “Do you always punish your prisoners before they’re judged?” Pilate questions Caiaphas and Jesus and finds no merit worthy of death and tries to pass the decision of Jesus’ fate off to King Herod. However, King Herod gets nowhere with his line of questioning towards Jesus so he sends the decision back to Pilate. Pilate undeniably does not wish to crucify this man and attempts to free him by allowing a choice for a prisoner to be freed. Yet, to his surprise the people decide to free Barabbas, a murder, over freeing Jesus, a non-violent man. This decision was thanks to the persuasion of Caiaphas and the other “men of the cloth.” Once again, Pilate

The media portrays me as a terrorist. After 9/11, being Muslim in America meant that you had to live in fear, conceal your faith, or pay the price of retaliation by someone who reacted out of ignorance. It meant you had to constantly apologize for acts of terrorism committed by criminals that use Islam as a banner to progress their vendettas. However, being Muslim also meant that you could learn self-disciple through the five-daily prayers, patience, and tolerance as I tried to understand the reasons why so many Americans feared Muslims. Unfortunately, I did not see the benefit of expressing my faith until I was much older.

Following morning after the Feast of Booths, while Jesus is teaching at the temple, the pharisees brought forth a woman guilty of adultery. They attempted to entrap Jesus by forcing him to choose between the harsh Mosaic Law which dictates that the woman would be stoned (Deuteronomy 22:22) or between providing her with mercy for her sins. Jesus, after a moment of reflection, says "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." Slowly the crowd leaves one by one, until, Jesus and the women are left alone, to which he tells her to "go, and sin no more."

Globalization of the English language is the concept of using English as a global language for purpose of communication in numerous different dialects that is the movement of English towards a standard language. From history we see that twenty first century is known as the period of globalization of English language in which English has gained so much importance that it is now known as the language of the universe. It is known by every class of people from rich to poor even though its usage in the lower class society is very little but still people want to learn it for better opportunities. It has overtaken the world as the global language. Everyone irrespective of the fact where he belongs to speak English though not fluent as well as understands it very well. Education in most of the countries is given in English as it is the language of researches and technology. It is the major language of newspapers, academic conferences, diplomacy, sports and advertisement industry. Multinational companies requires their workers to be fluent in English language because they deal with their foreign business partners and customers in English language as it’s understood everywhere. The standardized form of English language came into form after planning of creating

“In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps” (Proverbs 16:9, NIV). Humans do this in their hearts, in their minds, in their daily lives, making decisions that seem in the best interest of all involved. However, in the midst of these decisions, and the great debates that exist in regards to abortion and euthanasia, are some omitted from the discussions? Are the fundamental rights of the unborn considered or are they shoved aside for the sake of the well-being of the mother? Is the individual facing end-of life forced into an early death so as not to inconvenience to the caretaker? This reflections that follow will consider the involvement of God in human life from creation and ongoing, how the sovereignty

Jesus commands whoever follows him to “deny himself and take up his cross and follow me (him).” The disciples would have likely been familiar with the imagery “take up his cross” would have implied. Traditionally, crucifixion was a favored Roman torture and execution method from the time of Alexander the Great to Constantine. After extensive flogging, the convicted person would be forced to carry his own cross’ crossbar. The patibulum (crossbar), weighing around one hundred pounds, was tied to the convict’s outstretched arms as he made his way to his own execution. This would obviously be an excruciatingly painful task. This is most certainly the image the disciples thought of when Jesus was speaking to them.

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).