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Passion Week

Chapter 10—Friday (21 illustrations)

Friday stands at the center of human history. Through suffering, sacrifice, and unwavering obedience, Jesus Christ completed the atoning work He had come into the world to perform. The places where these sacred events unfolded still invite reverence and remembrance today.

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The Garden Tomb - Jerusalem — The Garden Tomb today.

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Jesus in the Palace of Caiaphas

Jesus is sitting in the stone chamber beneath the palace of Caiaphas.

Jesus before the Sanhedrin

Judas return the silver

Judas Returns the Betrayal Money.

Jesus appears before Pilate

Jesus’s First Appearance before Pontius Pilate.

Jesus before Pilate the first time.

Jesus’s First Appearance before Pontius Pilate.

Pilate washes his hands

Pilate washing his hands as a gesture symbolizing his attempt to disclaim responsibility.

Pilate has Jesus flogged.

Roman soldiers scourge Jesus.

Soldiers mock Jesus

Soldiers mock Jesus as Israel’s king.

Jesus on the way to the cross.

Simon of Cyrene carries Jesus’s cross to Golgotha.

Roman soldiers divided Jesus's clothes

Roman soldiers dividing Jesus’s garments.

Jesus hangs on the cross

Jesus hangs between two thieves, fulfilling Isaiah’s prophecy (Isa. 53:12).

Jesus hangs on the cross

The Crucifixion—9:00 AM; Roman and Jewish observers mocking Jesus.

Jesus asks John to take care of His mother

From the cross to Mary, “Woman, behold thy son”; to John, “Behold thy mother.”

Darkness covers the land when Jesus is crucified

Darkness covers the land—noon to 3:00 PM.

Destruction in America when Jesus was crucified

Darkness and destruction in the Americas following the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Jesus hanging on the cross

Jesus was left alone after His Father withdrew His Spirit—3:00 PM.

The veil of the temple is rent

The veil of the temple is torn as witnesses respond.

Jesus wrapped in the tomb

Jesus in the tomb after He was prepared for burial.

Women visit the tomb of Jesus

Women come to the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea.

Jesus hangs on the cross with two thieves

Mt. Moriah with empty crosses after Jesus and the two thieves were taken away.

Gordon’s Calvary (Golgotha) as it appeared in 1870–1885.

Modern view of Gordon’s Calvary from the Garden Tomb grounds.

The Garden Tomb - Jerusalem