WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.880 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.990 --> 00:00:03.840 Day 59 00:00:04.376 --> 00:00:07.676 some of the governor's soldiers took Jesus into their headquarters 00:00:07.946 --> 00:00:09.926 and called out the entire regiment. 00:00:10.646 --> 00:00:13.496 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him. 00:00:14.186 --> 00:00:19.496 They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a 00:00:19.656 --> 00:00:22.016 reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. 00:00:23.156 --> 00:00:29.516 Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted hail king of the Jews, and 00:00:29.516 --> 00:00:33.596 they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it. 00:00:34.436 --> 00:00:38.546 When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the robe 00:00:38.546 --> 00:00:40.496 and put his own clothes on him again. 00:00:41.216 --> 00:00:46.526 Then they led him away to be crucified Along the way, they 00:00:46.526 --> 00:00:48.806 came across a man named Simon. 00:00:49.286 --> 00:00:54.296 Who was from Cyrene, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus cross, 00:00:54.776 --> 00:00:59.306 and they went out to a place called Gatha, which means place of the skull. 00:01:00.206 --> 00:01:04.676 The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with bitter gall, but when he had 00:01:04.676 --> 00:01:07.466 tasted it, he refused to drink it. 00:01:08.426 --> 00:01:12.566 After they had nailed him to the cross, the soldiers gambled for 00:01:12.566 --> 00:01:14.396 his clothes by throwing dice. 00:01:15.116 --> 00:01:18.056 Then they sat around and kept guard as he hung there. 00:01:18.791 --> 00:01:23.441 A sign was fastened above Jesus' head announcing the charge against him. 00:01:24.011 --> 00:01:24.701 It read. 00:01:25.511 --> 00:01:28.601 This is Jesus the king of the Jews. 00:01:29.831 --> 00:01:35.141 Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 00:01:36.071 --> 00:01:40.061 The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. 00:01:41.396 --> 00:01:42.596 Look at you now. 00:01:42.776 --> 00:01:43.616 They yelled at him. 00:01:44.066 --> 00:01:48.086 You said you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days. 00:01:48.566 --> 00:01:54.116 Weldon, if you are the son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross. 00:01:55.646 --> 00:01:59.066 The leading priests, the teachers of religious law and 00:01:59.071 --> 00:02:01.406 the elders also mocked Jesus. 00:02:01.796 --> 00:02:03.266 He saved others. 00:02:03.446 --> 00:02:06.236 They scoffed, but he can't save himself. 00:02:06.776 --> 00:02:09.506 So he is the king of Israel, is he? 00:02:10.076 --> 00:02:13.946 Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him. 00:02:14.516 --> 00:02:17.336 He trusted God, so let God rescue him. 00:02:17.336 --> 00:02:22.286 Now if he wants him for, he said, I am the son of God. 00:02:23.666 --> 00:02:27.296 Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with him ridiculed him in the 00:02:27.296 --> 00:02:34.016 same way at noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. 00:02:34.796 --> 00:02:38.876 At about three o'clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice. 00:02:39.296 --> 00:02:50.486 Eli Eli Lamas, which means, my God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 00:02:51.926 --> 00:02:54.746 Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was 00:02:54.746 --> 00:02:56.516 calling for the prophet Elijah. 00:02:57.266 --> 00:03:01.616 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to 00:03:01.616 --> 00:03:05.876 him on a reeds stick so he could drink, but the rest said, wait. 00:03:06.476 --> 00:03:09.116 Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him. 00:03:10.226 --> 00:03:14.726 Then Jesus shouted out again and he released his spirit. 00:03:15.806 --> 00:03:19.946 At that moment, the curtain and the sanctuary of the temple was torn in two. 00:03:20.336 --> 00:03:26.486 From top to bottom, the earth shook rocks split apart in tombs opened. 00:03:27.086 --> 00:03:31.856 The bodies of many Godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead. 00:03:32.681 --> 00:03:37.601 They left the cemetery after Jesus resurrection, went into the holy city of 00:03:37.601 --> 00:03:40.451 Jerusalem and appeared to many people. 00:03:41.321 --> 00:03:45.521 The Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the 00:03:45.521 --> 00:03:47.951 earthquake and all that had happened. 00:03:48.671 --> 00:03:55.421 They said, this man truly was the son of God and many women who had come 00:03:55.421 --> 00:03:59.681 from Galilee with Jesus to care for him, were watching from a distance. 00:04:00.611 --> 00:04:06.461 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James and Joseph, and the 00:04:06.461 --> 00:04:09.281 mother of James and John, the sons of Zee. 00:04:11.051 --> 00:04:17.291 As evening approached Joseph, a rich man from Arimathea who had become 00:04:17.296 --> 00:04:23.051 a follower of Jesus, went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate 00:04:23.081 --> 00:04:25.031 issued an order to release it to him. 00:04:26.111 --> 00:04:30.221 Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth. 00:04:30.941 --> 00:04:36.251 He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. 00:04:37.091 --> 00:04:40.541 Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left. 00:04:41.471 --> 00:04:45.671 Both Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting across from the tomb and 00:04:45.671 --> 00:04:49.571 watching the next day on the Sabbath. 00:04:49.931 --> 00:04:53.141 The leading priests and Pharisees went to Sea Pilot. 00:04:53.801 --> 00:04:54.341 They told him. 00:04:55.376 --> 00:05:00.176 Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive. 00:05:00.866 --> 00:05:05.246 After three days, I will rise from the dead, so we request that you 00:05:05.246 --> 00:05:07.196 seal the tomb until the third day. 00:05:08.186 --> 00:05:11.426 This will prevent his disciples from coming and stealing his 00:05:11.426 --> 00:05:14.906 body and then telling everyone he was raised from the dead. 00:05:15.536 --> 00:05:19.466 If that happens, we'll be worse off than we were at first. 00:05:20.756 --> 00:05:21.776 Pilate replied. 00:05:22.541 --> 00:05:25.181 Take guards and secure it the best you can. 00:05:26.201 --> 00:05:29.561 So they sealed the tomb and posted guards to protect it. 00:05:31.421 --> 00:05:37.481 Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the 00:05:37.486 --> 00:05:39.581 other Mary went out to visit the tomb. 00:05:40.631 --> 00:05:45.191 Suddenly there was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord. 00:05:45.191 --> 00:05:49.691 Came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. 00:05:50.531 --> 00:05:54.641 His face shown like lightning and his clothing was as white as snow. 00:05:55.481 --> 00:05:59.921 The guard shook with fear when they saw him and they fell into a dead faint. 00:06:00.851 --> 00:06:02.831 Then the angel spoke to the women. 00:06:03.521 --> 00:06:04.871 Don't be afraid. 00:06:05.321 --> 00:06:09.881 He said, I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. 00:06:10.601 --> 00:06:11.561 He isn't here. 00:06:12.161 --> 00:06:16.151 He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. 00:06:16.796 --> 00:06:19.496 Come see where his body was lying. 00:06:19.946 --> 00:06:24.986 And now go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead and 00:06:24.986 --> 00:06:27.056 he is going ahead of you to Galilee. 00:06:27.746 --> 00:06:29.186 You will see him there. 00:06:29.726 --> 00:06:31.676 Remember what I have told you? 00:06:32.966 --> 00:06:35.006 The women ran quickly from the tomb. 00:06:35.606 --> 00:06:40.586 They were very frightened, but also filled with great joy, and they rushed 00:06:40.646 --> 00:06:47.696 to give the disciples the angels message and as they went, Jesus met them and 00:06:47.696 --> 00:06:53.096 greeted them, and they ran to him, grasped his feet and worshiped him. 00:06:53.936 --> 00:06:57.236 Then Jesus said to them, don't be afraid. 00:06:57.746 --> 00:07:02.156 Go tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there. 00:07:03.596 --> 00:07:07.976 As the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and told 00:07:07.976 --> 00:07:09.866 the leading priests what had happened. 00:07:10.661 --> 00:07:13.871 A meeting with the elders was called, and they decided to 00:07:13.871 --> 00:07:15.731 give the soldiers a large bribe. 00:07:16.421 --> 00:07:22.241 They told the soldiers, you must say Jesus disciples came during the night while we 00:07:22.241 --> 00:07:24.821 were sleeping, and they stole his body. 00:07:25.601 --> 00:07:29.921 If the governor hears about it, well stand up for you so you won't get in trouble. 00:07:30.461 --> 00:07:34.661 So the guards accepted the bribe and said what they were told to say. 00:07:35.396 --> 00:07:40.706 Their story spread widely among the Jews, and they still tell it today. 00:07:42.266 --> 00:07:46.556 Then the 11 disciples left for Galilee going to the mountain 00:07:46.561 --> 00:07:48.356 where Jesus had told them to go. 00:07:49.076 --> 00:07:53.276 When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some of them doubted. 00:07:54.476 --> 00:07:58.946 Jesus came and told his disciples, I have been given all 00:07:58.946 --> 00:08:01.106 authority in heaven and on earth. 00:08:01.811 --> 00:08:06.971 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing 00:08:06.971 --> 00:08:11.621 them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 00:08:12.641 --> 00:08:16.151 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have 00:08:16.156 --> 00:08:18.821 given you, and be sure of this. 00:08:19.691 --> 00:08:24.581 I am with you always, even to the end of the age. 00:08:26.471 --> 00:08:29.321 This concludes today's Immer Reading experience. 00:08:29.441 --> 00:08:30.641 Thank you for joining us.