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Crucifixion of Jesus

Jesus is nailed to a cross at Golgotha.
Story also available on our translated websites: Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Hindi, Arabic, Simplified Chinese
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They came to a place called Golgotha, which means, ‘the place of the skull’. – Slide 1
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They offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink, but after tasting it He would not drink it. – Slide 2
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They crucified Him there along with the criminals, one on His right and one on His left. – Slide 3
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Then Jesus said, ‘Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.’ – Slide 4
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Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took His clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier. The tunic remained, which was woven from top to bottom as a single piece. – Slide 5
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So the soldiers said to one another, ‘Let’s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.’ – Slide 6
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This took place to fulfill the scripture which says, ‘They divided my garments among them and for my clothing they threw dice.’ So the soldiers did these things. – Slide 7
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It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified Jesus. – Slide 8
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Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross which read, ‘Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews.’ – Slide 9
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Many of the residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. The notice was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. – Slide 10
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Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, ‘Do not write “the King of the Jews” but rather “this man said I am the King of the Jews”’. Pilate answered, ‘What I have written, I have written.’ – Slide 11
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A free downloadable video of this story is available in several resolutions and in many languages from www.gnpi.org/media/the-global-gospel. – Slide 12