Jesus's Sacrifice and Death

• Jesus willingly sacrificed his life to save humanity.

Gospel Truths of Jesus's Death

• Jesus struggled with death.
• People chose to free a murderer over Jesus.
• After being whipped, Jesus was too weak to carry his cross.
• The charge posted above Jesus’s head was that he was king of the Jews.
• His mother, Mary, watched him die.
• The cross, once a symbol of death, has become a symbol of victory in Christianity.
• On the cross, Jesus showed how much he loves humanity, even to death.
• Jesus atoned for original sin and all personal sins through his death.
• Sin broke humanity's friendship with God, but Jesus repaired it.
• God sent Jesus to restore humanity's relationship, offering salvation.
• St. John was one of the apostles.
• John witnessed the raising of Jairus's daughter, the Transfiguration, and Jesus's agony in the garden.
• Jesus entrusted Mary to John on the cross.
• John is believed to be the youngest, unmarried apostle and the only one not martyred.
• He is credited with writing the Gospel of John, three letters, and the Book of Revelation.
• St. John's feast day is December 27.
• During the Exodus, Israelites sacrificed a lamb, marking their doors with its blood to avoid the death of the firstborn.
• Jews celebrate this event with the Passover meal, called Pasch.
• Jesus offered himself as the Lamb of God, and salvation comes through his blood.
• The Paschal Mystery encompasses Jesus’s suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension.
• Jewish leaders opposed Jesus due to his perceived contradictions of their beliefs.
• Jesus entered Jerusalem for Passover on a donkey, hailed as king.
• Judas betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
• During the Last Supper, Jesus declared the bread his body and the wine his blood, establishing a New Covenant.
• The Triduum includes Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, leading to Easter Sunday.
• Jesus's death ransomed humanity from slavery to sin, making him the Redeemer.
• After the Last Supper, Jesus prayed in a garden on the Mount of Olives, filled with sorrow.
• Jesus asked God to "remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done."
• Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss, leading to his capture.
• Jesus was tried before Jewish leaders and Pontius Pilate, accused of claiming to be king.
• Soldiers whipped and mocked Jesus, placing a crown of thorns on his head.
• Pilate offered the crowd a choice between freeing Jesus or Barabbas, and they chose Barabbas.
• Pilate ordered Jesus to be crucified.
• Simon helped Jesus carry his cross to Mount Calvary.
• On the cross, Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing," "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?", "I am thirsty", and "It is finished".
• Roman soldiers nailed Jesus to the cross on Calvary between two thieves.
• The sign above Jesus read "Jesus of Nazareth, king of the Jews."
• Soldiers gambled for his clothes.
• Jesus hung on the cross for three hours while people mocked him.
• Mary, John, and other women watched. Most of the apostles had fled, and Peter denied knowing Jesus.
• Jesus entrusted Mary to John, giving her to all as their mother.
• Jesus promised paradise to one of the thieves who asked to be remembered.
• Jesus cried out, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit," and died.
• Joseph of Arimathea buried Jesus in a new tomb.
• During the Exodus, God instructed Moses to create a bronze serpent on a pole.
• The Israelites who were bitten could look at it and live.
• Christians look to Jesus on the cross for rescue from death.
• The serpent on a pole is a symbol of the healing profession.
• Stations of the Cross are crosses with pictures that are placed around a church to help people pray about the death of Jesus.