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At
the end of chapter twenty-six, Jesus was arrested.
What
took place in the morning? Vs1
What
did they come up with? Vs2
What
was Pilate’s title or position?
Judas
(who betrayed Jesus) must have stayed to watch what would happen to Jesus. What did he see and what did he do? Vs3
What
did he admit to the chief priests? Vs4
He
tried to right his wrong. What do the
highest, most “religious” people say to him?
What
did Judas do with the money? Vs5
Then
what did he do?
The
chief priests picked up the coins and what did they say about them? Vs6
What
did they do with the money? Vs7
Does
doing something right cancel out a wrong?
What
was the bought field named? Vs8
Prophecy
was fulfilled by this. What did the
prophecy say? Vs9-10
Jeremiah
19:1-11 & 32:69 tells the history of the potter’s field that the chief
priests bought with the blood money.
Where
was Jesus? Vs11
What
was Jesus asked?
What
was His answer?
At
that, who spoke up with accusations? Vs12
What
did Jesus say to these accusations?
Because
of this, what did Pilate, the Governor, ask Him? Vs13
How
much did Jesus reply to all of this? Vs14
Who
was amazed by this?
What
was the Governor’s custom during the Jews Festival? Vs15
At
the time there was a well known prisoner, what was his name? vs16
When
the crowd gathered, what did Pilate ask them? Vs17
He
asked this because, what did Pilate know?
While
Pilate sat on the judges seat, what happened? Vs19
What
were the Chief Priests and Elders doing to the crowd? Vs20
When
the Governor asked which they wanted released, what did the crowd say? Vs21
Then
what did Pilate ask them? Vs22
Their
answer?
What
then did Pilate ask? Vs23
What
did the crowd say?
What
did Pilate see was happening? Vs24
What
action did he take and say?
How
did the people smugly answer Pilate? Vs25
What
did Pilate do? Vs26
Go
back to Matthew 26:1-2. What prediction
did Jesus make?
Why
have Jesus flogged if He was going to the cross to die anyway?
Look
at the events in the Gospel of Luke.
Luke
23:4-5 – Look at what Pilate told the crowd.
What did they accuse Jesus of?
What
was said about how far He was doing this?
Luke
23:6-7 – what did Pilate do when he heard this information?
Luke
23:8-12 – Herod must have seen Jesus as a magician of some sort. Why was he excited to see Him?
Who
was standing by, vehemently accusing Jesus to Herod?
What
did Herod and his soldiers do to Jesus?
In
verse 12, what took place that day?
Read
through Luke 23:13-25 to see how Luke recalls the events.
Back
to Matthew.
What
happened to Jesus after Pilate handed Him over? Vs27
Then
what? Vs28
Then
what? Vs29
Then
what did the soldiers do? Vs30
When
they were done mocking, what happened? Vs31
Who
did they meet as they started the walk to
the place of crucifixion? Vs32
What
did they force him to do?
How
do we know that this wasn’t Simon Peter?
By
looking at the verses in Matthew, would we know that Jesus started out carrying
His own cross?
What
place did they come to, and what does it mean? Vs33
What
did the soldiers offer Jesus? Vs34
Did
He take it?
Once
they put Him on the cross, what did the soldiers do? Vs35
What
did the soldiers do? Vs36
What
was above Jesus head on the cross? Vs37 “
Who
was crucified there along with Jesus? Vs38
How
were they placed?
What
did the passerby’s do? Vs39
What
specific thing was said to Jesus? Vs40 “
Who
else mocked Him in a similar way? Vs41
When
did they say they would believe in Him? Vs42
In
what other way did they mock? Vs43
Who
also heaped insults on Him? Vs44
Read
Luke 23:39-43.
What
do you learn in Luke’s version?
What
happened at an unusual hour? Vs45
At
what time did this happen?
What
happened at 3:00? Vs46
What
did some of them there think he was doing? Vs47
What
did one person do? Vs48
What
did the others say about this? Vs49
What
happened next? Vs50
Read
John 19:30. What were those last words
Jesus cried out in a loud voice?
Read
Psalm 22 and note the parallels of what we have seen in Matthew.
What
happened at the moment Jesus gave up His Spirit? Vs51
1.
2.
3.
4.
When
the curtain tore in 2, was it torn from earth to heaven or from heaven to
earth?
What does this indicate?
What
did the people of verse 51 do to solidify the miracle, or miraculous event?
Vs53
Read
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17. When will this
take place again?
When
the Centurion and the other guards of Jesus saw all these things, what was
their reaction? Vs54
Who
was there watching from a distance? Vs55
Why
were they there?
Who
was among them? Vs56
As
evening approached, who went to Pilate? Vs57
What
had this person become?
What
did he ask Pilate? Vs58
What
did Pilate order?
What
did the man, Joseph, do? Vs59-60
Who
was sitting opposite the tomb? Vs61
There
are a few additional pieces of information in the other gospels to see.
Read
John 19:38-42. What else do you learn
from John?
Read
Luke 23:50-54. What day was it?
What
was about to begin?
Back
to Matthew.
The
next day, after preparation day, would be the Sabbath. What did the Pharisees do on that day?
Vs62
What
did they say? Vs63-64
What
were Pilate’s instructions? Vs65
How
did they do this? Vs66
Go
back to Matthew 12:9-14.
What
did the Pharisees ask Jesus while looking for a reason to bring charges?
What
is it that the Pharisees are doing on the Passover Sabbath day? Vs62-66
This was a long and difficult chapter
with many events. Reading about all that
Jesus suffered and went through and then finally His death never gets easy for
me. But I’m always grateful for the
chapter that follows….
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