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2. The Crucifixion

Jesus on the Cross

They led Jesus to Golgotha and nailed him to the cross between two bandits. Jesus said: "Father, forgive them." One of the thieves asked him to remember him, and Jesus promised him: "Today you will be with me in Paradise." At the foot of the cross were his mother, Mary, and the apostle John.

Review Questions

What darkened at noon?

What did Jesus say to John when he was at the foot of the cross?

The Burial

Joseph of Arimathea, a brave and important man, asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. He took him down from the cross, wrapped him in a clean linen sheet, and placed him in a new tomb dug out of the rock.