Loops

Q1 Soldier with Ladder (mocking) Save Yourself if You are the King of the Jews.

Q1 Convict Lost (insulting) Aren't

Q1 Convict Saved (rebuking) Don't you fear God?

Q1 Jesus I promise you,

Q1 Narrator It was now noon and a darkness fell across the whole land for three hours.

Q1 Narrator The curtain of the temple was torn right down the middle.

Q1 Jesus (calling, crying out in a loud voice) Father,

Q1 Narrator Now when the captain of the soldiers saw what had happened, he praised God.

Q1 Captain (terrified) Glory be to God! Certainly this was a righteous Man.

Q1 Narrator Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable member of the council who had not consented to this deed, obtained permission from Pontius Pilate to lay Jesus' body in a tomb before the Sabbath day began at sundown.

Q1 James' Mother We'll get spices and ointments to prepare the body of our Lord.

Q1 Joseph of Arimathea I will help.

Q1 Narrator They went back home and prepared the spices for the body. On the sabbath day they rested as commanded by the Lord.

Q1 Narrator They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. But when they entered, the body of the Lord Jesus was gone.

Q1 Angel Why do you seek the living among the dead? he is not here, but is risen. Remember what He said to you, while He was in Galilee: "The Son of Man...will be handed over to sinful men, be crucified and on the htird day rise again."

Q1 Mary Magdalene (in JESUS) (trembling and bewildered, afraid yet filled with joy) Listen!

Q1 Disciple (disbelieving) What? The body of our Lord, gone?

Q1 Joanna (trembling and bewildered, afraid yet filled with joy) And two men appeared to us;

Q1 James' Mother (trembling and bewildered, afraid yet filled with joy) Believe us.

Q1 Mary Magdalene (in JESUS) (trembling and bewildered, afraid yet filled with joy) We saw them! Go and see for yourself! The tomb was empty! Our Lord was gone!

Q1 Narrator Jesus appeared to two of the disciples. They excitedly came back to the others.

Q1 James The Lord is risen indeed!

Q1 Cleophas We didn't recognize Him;

Q1 Disciple But when He broke bread,

Q1 Susanna At Emmaus.

Q1 Jesus Peace be with you.

Q1 Jesus Why are you troubled?

Q1 Jesus For a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see I have.

Q1 Jesus ...that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets and the Psalms had to come true.

Q1 Jesus ...and in His name

Q1 Jesus You are witnesses of these things.

Q1 Jesus The Lord bless you and keep you.

Q1 Narrator Long ago the prophets wrote in the Scriptures that God would send the Messiah to save sinners and to reconcile them to God.

Q1 Narrator The life of Jesus shows that he is indeed this Savior.

Q1 Narrator When people saw Jesus they saw the nature and power of God. He healed people and forgave their sins, and He promised them a place in his eternal kingdom. Jesus sacrificed his life and suffered punishment for all human beings.

Q1 Narrator Jesus' life fulfilled the writings of the prophets, and confirmed that God's [holy] Word is flawless and eternal [, as the prophets said it was].

Q1 Narrator Jesus came to give us life in all its fullness, as it was when God created the first man and woman.

Q1 Narrator But just as God provided a ram to die in place of Abraham's son(1), so God sent Jesus to die in place of Adam's descendants. He did this so that those who believe and put their trust in Jesus can come into the presence of God.

Q1 Narrator [When Jesus had risen from the dead,] He said to his followers, "[People will proclaim in my name to all nations that] God forgives the sins of those who repent and turn to him." Jesus also said that he would send the Holy Spirit [of God] to be with his followers, to show them the truth, and to give them power to follow God's way.

Q1 Narrator When the sinful woman repented and began to follow Jesus, He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven you. Your faith [in me] has saved you.(1)" Anyone can be saved by God's grace, through faith in Jesus. Jesus has the authority to forgive sins.

Q1 Narrator Those who decide to become followers of Jesus may begin their relationship with him by using words like these to express their faith.

Q1 Narrator [Father] God, you are righteous. [I thank you that you love me.] I grieve that I have disobeyed your commands and sinned [against you].

Q1 Narrator Jesus said about his followers: "My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me." The followers of Jesus meet together, they talk to him each day, they study his words in the Scriptures, they seek to follow his example, and they tell others about him. [Jesus guides them and strengthens them through the power of God's Spirit who lives in their hearts.]

Q1 Narrator For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him(1) may not die(2) but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior.(3)

Q1 Narrator The Four Gospels record eyewitness accounts of the life of Jesus Christ.(1) This is his story taken primarily from the Gospel of Luke.

Q1 Narrator The tomb in which the body of the Lord Jesus was placed is empty. Three days after His crucifixion He rose from the dead. He is alive. He wants to come into your life.

Q1 Jesus I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, even though he dies, he will live.

Q1 Narrator Almost 2,000 years have passed since Jesus rose from the dead. And He still lives today as the greatest and most powerful influence in the world.

Q1 Narrator His life was unique. His life was characterized by the supernatural. He lived a holy life without sin and performed greater miracles than anyone who ever lived.

Q1 Narrator His death on the cross was unique. Two thousand years ago, the God of the universe sent his only Son, Jesus Christ, to be the sacrifice for the sin of all men. He died for you.