Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Flashcards
Retell the story of when Jesus went to the temple
Once they arrived at the Temple, Jesus began to drive out all the people who were buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the stools of those who were selling pigeons and he wouldn’t allow anyone to carrying anything through the courtyard. He said that God said, “My Temple will be called the house of prayer for the people of all nations. Jesus said, “But you have turned it into a place of thieves.” The chief priests heard what Jesus said and began to feel threatened by him and so started looking for a way to kill him
Retell the Plot Against Jesus
Two days before the Passover meal, the chief priests and the teachers of the law came together and began to look for ways in which they could arrest and kill Jesus. They agreed that they would not do it during the Passover Meal because it might cause a riot.
Retell Judas Agrees to betray Jesus
Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples went to the chief priests and the teachers of the law to tell them that he would betray Jesus. The chief priests were pleased with what Judas had to say and promised him money if he did it. Judas then started looking for a way to kill Jesus
Retell the Last Supper
On the first day of the Passover festival, the day in which the lambs were killed for the Passover Meal, the disciples asked Jesus where he wanted them to prepare the meal. Jesus told them to go into the city, find a man carrying a jug of water and he would show them to a large upstairs room, prepared and furnished in which they would prepare the meal. When Jesus and his disciples sat down to share the Passover Meal, Jesus said that one of them who dips their head in the bread dish would betray him. The disciples all said that they would not betray Jesus. Jesus then said, “The Son of Man will die like the Scriptures say but how terrible it is for the man who betrays the son of Man. That man will wish he had never been born.” While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, gave thanks, broke it and gave it to his disciples saying, “This is my body.” Then he took a cup of wine, gave thanks to God and gave it to his disciples saying, “This is my blood which will be poured out for many. The blood that seals God’s covenant.” He said, “I tell you that I will not drink wine again until I am in the Kingdom of God.”
Retell Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
Jesus said to his disciples, “All of you will run away from me, for the Scripture says, ‘God will kill the shepherd and the sheep will all be scattered’. But I will go to Galilee ahead of you.” Peter the. Said that he would never leave Jesus, even though the others would. Jesus then said to Peter, “before the cock crows twice, you will say three times that you do not know me.” Peter then said even more strongly that he would never do that, even if he had to die with Jesus. All the disciples said the same thing
Retell what happened at the Garden of Gethsemane
Jesus took Peter, James and John to a place called Gethsemane and he told them to sit down and keep watch. Distress became over Jesus and he said to the disciples that the sorrow inside his heart was almost crushing him. He went away to pray to God by saying, “Father, can you take away this cup of suffering from me. Yet it is not what I want but what you want.” Jesus then returned to the disciples and found that they were sleeping. Jesus said told them to stay awake and not give into any temptations, as the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.” Jesus then went of to pray again but when he returned twice more, the disciples were still sleeping. When he came back the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come! Look, the Son of Man is now being handed over to the power of sinners. Get up, let us go. Look, here is the man who is betraying me!”
Retell the events which took place at Jesus’ trial before the Jewish Council
It was at night once Jesus was brought to the High Priest’s house to be questioned and this is where the teachers of the law gathered. Peter was also there and he stayed in the courtyard. The chief priests began to try and find evidence against Jesus but they could not find any. Some people said that they heard Jesus say that he would tear down the Temple and after three days he would build a new one that was not made by man, but they could not make their stories agree. The High Priest stood up and asked Jesus if he had any answers to the accusations placed against him but Jesus remained quiet. The High Priest then asked Jesus if he was the Messiah and the Son of God. Jesus replied by saying, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man on the right side of the Almighty along with the clouds of heaven.” The High Priest tore his robes and everyone voted against Jesus because they believed his statement was blasphemy. Some people began to even hit and spit on Jesus.
Retell the story about Jesus before Pilate
Early in the morning, the religious leaders, the chief priests and the whole council gathered together to decide on their plans for Jesus. They put Jesus in chains and handed him over to Pilate. Pilate asked Jesus if he was the King of the Jews and Jesus replied by saying, “So you say.” Then Pilate asked Jesus, “Why aren’t you answering any of the accusations put against you?” But Jesus did not reply and Pilate became amazed. Every Passover Festival, Pilate allowed the crowd to free one prisoner. This time Pilate allowed the crowd to either allow Jesus free or a man named Barabbas who was a murderer. He did this because he thought the people would ask to set Jesus free but his plan backfired because the chief priests encouraged the crowd to set Barabbas free. Pilate then asked the people what they wanted him to do with Jesus and they all said to crucify him. Pilate tried to argue with the crowd but the crowd said to crucify Jesus again. Pilate, in order to please the crowd, set Barabbas free, started to whip Jesus and lead him to be crucified.
Explain what happened at Jesus’ Crucifixion
A man called Simon from Cyrene helped Jesus carry his cross to Golgotha which meant the place of the skull. The soldiers offered Jesus wine with a drug to relieve the pain but Jesus refused it and then the soldiers began to roll dice to see who would get Jesus’ clothes. Then Jesus was crucified at 9 in the morning with two bandits on either side of him. The people began to mock Jesus and the religious leaders said, “If he could save others then he should be able to save himself.” At noon, darkness spread across the whole country which lasted for 3 hours. At 3pm, Jesus cried out, “Eloi, Eloi lema sabathcthani.” Which meant my God, my God why have you abandoned me. The people thought Jesus was calling for Elijah the prophet to come and save him but then Jesus died. In the Temple, the Temple curtain was torn in two from the top to the bottom and one of the leaders said, “Jesus really was the Son of God.” There were women there also, including Mary Magdalene, Mary Mother of James and Salome.
Describe what happened at Jesus’ Burial
In the evening, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a respected member of the Council that wanted to believe in the Kingdom of God went to Pilate on Preparation Day, which was the day before the Sabbath. Joseph asked Pilate if he could have the body of Jesus, and Pilate was surprised to think that Jesus was already dead. Pilate sent two soldiers to check if Jesus was dead. Once the report had been made on Jesus, Pilate handed the body over to Joseph and he wrapped it in a linen cloth. He put the body in a tomb and rolled a big stone over the entrance. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome were all watching this
Describe what happened at Jesus’ Resurrection
After the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome went to buy spices in order to anoint Jesus’ body. As they were walking to the tomb, they all said to one another who would roll away the stone from the entrance, but once they got to the tomb, the stone was gone. Then they went inside the tomb and saw that Jesus had also gone but they saw this young man dressed in white and he said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus but he is not here, for he has risen like he said he would.” The man told the women to tell the disciples that Jesus was going ahead of them to Galilee and that they would meet him there. Once the women left the tomb, they were so frightened and afraid that they did not tell anyone what had happened.
What did the soldiers do to Jesus?
They put a purple robe on Jesus, and made him wear a crown of thorns. They beat him over the head with a stick, spat on him, mocked him and bowed down to him
