Jesus’ is Crucified (Discussion Questions)
Categories: Easter (Passion Week)
Read Matt 27:32-56; Mark 15:21-41; Luke 23: 26-49; John 19:17-37
- After the release of Barabbas, what did they do to Jesus? [They made him carry the horizontal bar of the cross through town to be crucified.]
- Who was hanged on either side of Jesus?
- What had they done wrong?
- Who was at the foot of the cross? [each gospel is slightly different]
- What kinds of things did people say about Jesus?
- Did he take any of the medicated drink for the pain?
- What did he drink? [vinegar to quench his thirst]
- What did Jesus say on the cross?
- There are seven sayings:
- Luke 23:34
- Luke 23:43
- John 19:26,27
- How thoughtful of Jesus to care for his mother when he was on the cross!
- Matt 27:46 read Ps. 22:1 with this
- Do you think Jesus really thought God had forsaken him?
- Why do you think Jesus quoted Ps. 22:1?
- John 19:28
- John 19:30
- Luke 23:46
- What do all these verses say about Jesus' character?
- What happened after Jesus said, "finished"?
- What is significant about the veil in the temple being ripped in two? [The veil (actually it had become a thick curtain, about 4 inches thick) covered the Holy of Holies where the Jews believed God lived. Only once a year could a priest could go into the Holy of Holies. Now people would have free and direct access to God, fulfilling Jesus statement, "I and my Father are one." We, too, would be one with God]
- Who asked if he could bury Jesus' body? [Joseph of Arimathea]
- Who did he ask? [Pilate]
- What did the soldiers do to prove Jesus was dead? [Put a spear in his side]
- Who helped Joseph with Jesus' body? [Nicodemus]
- Why did they have to get Jesus in the tomb before 6:00 PM? [They couldn't work on the Jewish Sabbath.]
- What did the Jews ask Pilate? [To put guards around the tomb to make sure no one took Jesus' body.]
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