January 30 – The Cross in the Psalms

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, January 30th, the

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cross and the Psalms.
Have you ever been mocked for

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trusting God?
Maybe people rolled their eyes

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at your faith, questioned why
you believe, or made you feel

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small for holding on to hope.
That sting of being

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misunderstood can make you
wonder if it’s worth standing

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firm.
What’s incredible is that

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Scripture shows us this pain is
not unfamiliar to God, and it

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was written into the story long
before it happened.

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Psalm 22 opens a window into
suffering that feels eerily

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familiar.
Written centuries before Jesus

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walked the earth, it says All
who see me mock me.

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They make mouths at me, they wag
their heads.

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He trusts in the Lord.
Let him deliver him.

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Let him rescue him, for he
delights in him.

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That’s not vague poetry, that’s
specific.

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That’s the sound of ridicule,
the sting of public shame, the

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cruelty of people turning faith
into a joke.

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And then Psalm 22, verse 18 says
they divide my garments among

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them, and for my clothing they
cast lots.

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Now listen to Matthew chapter
27.

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It tells us that when Jesus was
crucified, the soldiers divided

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his garments by casting lots.
The same details, the same

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actions, the same mockery.
This wasn’t coincidence, this

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was fulfillment.
God had been telling the story

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of the cross long before nails
ever pierced Jesus hands.

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That matters because it means
Jesus suffering wasn’t random.

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It wasn’t a tragic accident or a
plan gone wrong.

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It was part of a redemptive
story written with precision and

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purpose.
Jesus knew the mockery was

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coming.
He knew the pain, He knew the

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shame, and still he stayed on
the cross.

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He didn’t come down to prove a
point.

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He didn’t silence the crowd.
He endured it all because love

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held him there.
When you feel misunderstood or

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mocked, remember this.
Jesus knows that pain from the

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inside.
He understands what it feels

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like to be laughed at for
trusting God.

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And his response wasn’t
bitterness or revenge.

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It was obedience and love.
Through his suffering, God was

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accomplishing salvation.
Through what looked like defeat,

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God was bringing victory.
The cross shows us that God

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keeps His word even when the
path includes suffering.

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Every detail fulfilled reminds
us that God is faithful,

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intentional, and deeply loving.
Jesus chose the cross for you.

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He endured shame so you could
have hope.

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He carried pain so you could be
healed, and He stayed faithful

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so you could be free.
So when life feels hard, when

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faith feels costly, and when
people don’t understand you,

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remember the cross written in
the Psalms and fulfilled in

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Jesus.
God’s plan is bigger than the

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pain, and His love for you is
deeper than you can imagine.

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Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

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showing me that Your word is
true and that Your plan is

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faithful from beginning to end.
Thank you for Jesus who endured

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the cross and the shame because
of His love for me.

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When I feel misunderstood or
mocked, help me remember His

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example and stand firm in faith.
Strengthen my heart to trust You

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even in hard moments, and remind
me of the hope I have because of

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the cross in Jesus name, Amen.
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more is actually God calling you
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recognize and enjoy His presence
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Psalm Chapter 22, World English
Bible for the chief musician set

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to the doe of the morning, a
Psalm by David.

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My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me?

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Why are you so far from helping
me and from the words of my

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groaning?
My God, I cry in the daytime,

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but you don’t answer in the
night season.

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And I’m not silent.
But you are holy, you who

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inhabit the praises of Israel.
Our fathers trusted in you.

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They trusted, and you delivered
them.

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They cried to you and were
delivered.

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They trusted in you and were not
disappointed.

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But I am a worm and no man, a
reproach of men and despised by

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the people.
All those who see me mock me.

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They insult me with their lips,
they shake their heads, saying

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He trusts in Yahweh, let him
deliver him, let him rescue him,

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since he delights in him.
But you brought me out of the

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womb.
You made me trust while at my

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mother’s breasts.
I was thrown on you from my

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mother’s womb.
You are my God, since my mother

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bore me.
Don’t be far from me, for

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trouble is near, for there is no
one to help.

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Many bulls have surrounded me,
strong bulls of bash and have

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encircled me.
They open their mouths wide

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against me, lions tearing prey
and roaring.

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I am poured out like water.
All my bones are out of joint.

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My heart is like wax, it is
melted within me.

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My strength is dried up like a
potsherd.

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My tongue sticks to the roof of
my mouth.

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You have brought me into the
dust of death, for dogs have

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surrounded me.
A company of evil doers have

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enclosed me.
They have pierced my hands and

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feet.
I can count all of my bones.

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They look and stare at me.
They divide my garments among

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them.
They cast lots for my clothing.

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But don’t be far off, Yahweh,
You are my help.

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Hurry to help me deliver my soul
from the sword, my precious life

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from the power of the dog.
Save me from the lion’s mouth.

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Yes, you have rescued me from
the horns of the wild oxen.

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I will declare your name to my
brothers among the assembly.

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I will praise you, you who fear
Yahweh, praise Him, all you

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descendants of Jacob, glorify
Him.

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Stand in awe of Him, all you
descendants of Israel.

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For He has not despised nor
abhorred the affliction of the

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afflicted, neither has He hidden
his face from Him.

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But when he cried to Him, He
heard.

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My praise of you comes in the
great assembly.

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I will pay my vows before those
who fear Him.

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The humble shall eat and be
satisfied.

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They shall praise Yahweh who
seek after Him.

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Let your hearts live forever.
All the ends of the earth shall

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remember and turn to Yahweh.
All the relatives of the

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nation’s shall worship before
you, for the Kingdom is

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Yahweh’s.
He is the ruler over the

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nation’s.
All the rich ones of the earth

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shall eat and worship.
All those who go down to the

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dust shall bow before Him.
Even he who can’t keep his soul

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alive, posterity shall serve
Him.

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Future generations shall be told
about the Lord.

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They shall come and shall
declare His righteousness to a

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people that shall be born, for
He has done it.

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Matthew chapter 27 World English
Bible Now when mourning had

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come, all the chief priests and
the elders of the people took

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counsel against Jesus to put him
to death.

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They bound him, led him away,
and delivered him up to Pontius

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Pilate, the governor.
Then Judas, who betrayed him

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when he saw that Jesus was
condemned, felt remorse and

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brought back the 30 pieces of
silver to the chief priests and

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elders, saying, I have sinned in
that I betrayed innocent blood.

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But they said, what is that to
us?

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You see to it, He threw down the
pieces of silver in the

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sanctuary and departed.
Then he went away and hanged

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himself.
The chief priests took the

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pieces of silver and said it’s
not lawful to put them into the

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treasury, since it is the price
of blood.

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They took counsel and bought the
Potter’s field with them to bury

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strangers in.
Therefore that field has been

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called the field of blood to
this day.

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Then that which was spoken
through Jeremiah the prophet was

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fulfilled, saying, They took the
30 pieces of silver, the price

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of him upon whom a price had
been set, whom some of the

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children of Israel priced, and
they gave them for the Potter’s

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field, as the Lord commanded me.
Now Jesus stood before the

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governor, and the governor asked
him, saying, Are you the king of

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the Jews?
Jesus said to him, So you say,

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when he was accused by the chief
priests and elders, he answered

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nothing.
Then Pillate said to him, Don’t

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you hear how many things they
testify against you?

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He gave him no answer, not even
one word, so that the governor

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marvelled greatly.
Now at the feast the governor

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was accustomed to release to the
multitude 1 prisoner whom they

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desired.
They had then a notable prisoner

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called Barabbas.
When therefore they were

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gathered together, Pillate said
to them, Whom do you want me to

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release to you?
Barabbas or Jesus, who is called

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Christ?
For he knew that because of envy

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they had delivered him up while
he was sitting on the judgement

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seat.
His wife sent to him saying,

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Have nothing to do with that
righteous man, for I have

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suffered many things today in a
dream because of him.

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Now the chief priests and the
elders persuaded the multitudes

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to ask for Barabbas and destroy
Jesus.

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But the governor answered them,
Which of the two do you want me

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to release to you?
They said Barabbas.

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Pillate said to them, What then
shall I do to Jesus who is

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called Christ?
They all said to him, let him be

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crucified.
But the governor said, Why, what

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evil has he done?
But they cried out exceedingly,

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saying, Let him be crucified.
So when Pillate saw that nothing

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was being gained, but rather
that a disturbance was starting,

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he took water and washed his
hands before the multitude,

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saying, I am innocent of the
blood of this righteous person.

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You see to it all the people
answered, May his blood be on us

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and on our children.
Then he released Barabbas to

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them.
But Jesus he flogged and

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delivered to be crucified.
Then the governor’s soldiers

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took Jesus into the praetorium
and gathered the whole Garrison

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together against him.
They stripped him and put a

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scarlet robe on him.
They braided a crown of thorns

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and put it on his head and a
Reed in his right hand.

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And they kneeled down before him
and mocked him, saying Hail King

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of the Jews.
They spat on him and took the

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Reed and struck him on the head.
When they had mocked him, they

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took the robe off him and put
his clothes on him, and led him

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away to crucify Him.
As they came out they found a

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man of Cyrene, Simon by name,
and they compelled him to go

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with them, that he might carry
his cross.

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When they came to a place called
Golgotha, that is to say, the

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place of a skull, they gave him
sour wine to drink, mixed with

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gall.
When he had tasted it, he would

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not drink.
When they had crucified him,

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they divided his clothing among
them, casting lots, and they sat

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and watched him.
There they set up over his head

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the accusation against Him,
written, This is Jesus, the King

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of the Jews.
Then there were two robbers

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crucified with Him, one on his
right hand and one on the left.

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Those who passed by blasphemed
Him, wagging their heads and

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saying, You who destroy the
temple and build it in three

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days, save yourself.
If you are the Son of God, come

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down from the cross.
Likewise the chief priests, also

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mocking with the scribes, the
Pharisees and the elders, said

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He saved others, but he can’t
save himself.

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If he is the King of Israel, let
him come down from the cross now

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and we will believe in Him.
He trusts in God.

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Let God deliver him now if he
wants him, for he said, I am the

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Son of God.
The robbers also who were

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crucified with him, cast on him
the same reproach.

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Now from the 6th hour there was
darkness over all the land,

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until the 9th hour.
About the 9th hour Jesus cried

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with a loud voice saying, Eli,
Eli, Lima savage thani, that is

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my God, my God, why have you
forsaken me?

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Some of them who stood there
when they heard it said, This

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man is calling Elijah.
Immediately one of them ran and

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took a sponge, filled it with
vinegar, put it on a Reed, and

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gave him a drink.
The rest said, Let him be, let’s

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see whether Elijah comes to save
him.

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Jesus cried again with a loud
voice, and yielded up his

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spirit.
Behold, the veil of the temple

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was torn in two from the top to
the bottom, the earthquaked and

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the rocks were split.
The tombs were opened, and many

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bodies of the Saints who had
fallen asleep were raised and

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coming out of the tombs.
After his resurrection, they

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entered into the holy city and
appeared to many.

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Now the centurion and those who
were with him, watching Jesus

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when they saw the earthquake and
the things that were done, were

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terrified, saying truly this was
the Son of God.

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Many women were there watching
from afar who had followed Jesus

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from Galilee, serving Him.
Among them were Mary Magdalene,

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Mary the mother of James and
Jose is, and the mother of the

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sons of Zebedee.
When evening had come, a rich

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man from Arimathea named Joseph,
who himself was also Jesus

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disciple, came.
This man went to Pillate and

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asked for Jesus body.
Then Pillate commanded the body

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to be given up.
Joseph took the body and wrapped

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it in a clean linen cloth and
laid it in his own new tomb,

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which he had cut out in the
rock.

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Then he rolled a large stone
against the door of the tomb and

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departed.
Mary Magdalene was there, and

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the other Mary sitting opposite
the tomb.

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Now on the next day, which was
the day after the preparation

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day, the chief priests and the
Pharisees were gathered together

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to pillate, saying, Sir, we
remember what that deceiver said

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while he was still alive.
After three days I will rise

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again.
Command therefore that the tomb

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be made secure until the 3rd
day, lest perhaps his disciples

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come at night and steal him away
and tell the people he is risen

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from the dead and the last
deception will be worse than the

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first.
Pillate said to them, you have a

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guard, go make it as secure as
you can.

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So they went with the guard and
made the tomb secure, sealing

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the stone.
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