WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.950 --> 00:00:03.620 Day 60 00:00:04.132 --> 00:00:07.432 some of the governor's soldiers took Jesus into their headquarters 00:00:07.702 --> 00:00:09.682 and called out the entire regiment. 00:00:10.402 --> 00:00:13.252 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him. 00:00:13.942 --> 00:00:19.252 They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a 00:00:19.412 --> 00:00:21.772 reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. 00:00:22.912 --> 00:00:29.272 Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted hail king of the Jews, and 00:00:29.272 --> 00:00:33.352 they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it. 00:00:34.192 --> 00:00:38.302 When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the robe 00:00:38.302 --> 00:00:40.252 and put his own clothes on him again. 00:00:40.972 --> 00:00:46.282 Then they led him away to be crucified Along the way, they 00:00:46.282 --> 00:00:48.562 came across a man named Simon. 00:00:49.042 --> 00:00:54.052 Who was from Cyrene, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus cross, 00:00:54.532 --> 00:00:59.062 and they went out to a place called Gatha, which means place of the skull. 00:00:59.962 --> 00:01:04.432 The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with bitter gall, but when he had 00:01:04.432 --> 00:01:07.222 tasted it, he refused to drink it. 00:01:08.182 --> 00:01:12.322 After they had nailed him to the cross, the soldiers gambled for 00:01:12.322 --> 00:01:14.152 his clothes by throwing dice. 00:01:14.872 --> 00:01:17.812 Then they sat around and kept guard as he hung there. 00:01:18.547 --> 00:01:23.197 A sign was fastened above Jesus' head announcing the charge against him. 00:01:23.767 --> 00:01:24.457 It read. 00:01:25.267 --> 00:01:28.357 This is Jesus the king of the Jews. 00:01:29.587 --> 00:01:34.897 Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 00:01:35.827 --> 00:01:39.817 The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. 00:01:41.152 --> 00:01:42.352 Look at you now. 00:01:42.532 --> 00:01:43.372 They yelled at him. 00:01:43.822 --> 00:01:47.842 You said you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days. 00:01:48.322 --> 00:01:53.872 Weldon, if you are the son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross. 00:01:55.402 --> 00:01:58.822 The leading priests, the teachers of religious law and 00:01:58.827 --> 00:02:01.162 the elders also mocked Jesus. 00:02:01.552 --> 00:02:03.022 He saved others. 00:02:03.202 --> 00:02:05.992 They scoffed, but he can't save himself. 00:02:06.532 --> 00:02:09.262 So he is the king of Israel, is he? 00:02:09.832 --> 00:02:13.702 Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him. 00:02:14.272 --> 00:02:17.092 He trusted God, so let God rescue him. 00:02:17.092 --> 00:02:22.042 Now if he wants him for, he said, I am the son of God. 00:02:23.422 --> 00:02:27.052 Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with him ridiculed him in the 00:02:27.052 --> 00:02:33.772 same way at noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. 00:02:34.552 --> 00:02:38.632 At about three o'clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice. 00:02:39.052 --> 00:02:50.242 Eli Eli Lamas, which means, my God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 00:02:51.682 --> 00:02:54.502 Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was 00:02:54.502 --> 00:02:56.272 calling for the prophet Elijah. 00:02:57.022 --> 00:03:01.372 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to 00:03:01.372 --> 00:03:05.632 him on a reeds stick so he could drink, but the rest said, wait. 00:03:06.232 --> 00:03:08.872 Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him. 00:03:09.982 --> 00:03:14.482 Then Jesus shouted out again and he released his spirit. 00:03:15.562 --> 00:03:19.702 At that moment, the curtain and the sanctuary of the temple was torn in two. 00:03:20.092 --> 00:03:26.242 From top to bottom, the earth shook rocks split apart in tombs opened. 00:03:26.842 --> 00:03:31.612 The bodies of many Godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead. 00:03:32.437 --> 00:03:37.357 They left the cemetery after Jesus resurrection, went into the holy city of 00:03:37.357 --> 00:03:40.207 Jerusalem and appeared to many people. 00:03:41.077 --> 00:03:45.277 The Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the 00:03:45.277 --> 00:03:47.707 earthquake and all that had happened. 00:03:48.427 --> 00:03:55.177 They said, this man truly was the son of God and many women who had come 00:03:55.177 --> 00:03:59.437 from Galilee with Jesus to care for him, were watching from a distance. 00:04:00.367 --> 00:04:06.217 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James and Joseph, and the 00:04:06.217 --> 00:04:09.037 mother of James and John, the sons of Zee. 00:04:10.807 --> 00:04:17.047 As evening approached Joseph, a rich man from Arimathea who had become 00:04:17.052 --> 00:04:22.807 a follower of Jesus, went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate 00:04:22.837 --> 00:04:24.787 issued an order to release it to him. 00:04:25.867 --> 00:04:29.977 Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth. 00:04:30.697 --> 00:04:36.007 He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. 00:04:36.847 --> 00:04:40.297 Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left. 00:04:41.227 --> 00:04:45.427 Both Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting across from the tomb and 00:04:45.427 --> 00:04:49.327 watching the next day on the Sabbath. 00:04:49.687 --> 00:04:52.897 The leading priests and Pharisees went to Sea Pilot. 00:04:53.557 --> 00:04:54.097 They told him. 00:04:55.132 --> 00:04:59.932 Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive. 00:05:00.622 --> 00:05:05.002 After three days, I will rise from the dead, so we request that you 00:05:05.002 --> 00:05:06.952 seal the tomb until the third day. 00:05:07.942 --> 00:05:11.182 This will prevent his disciples from coming and stealing his 00:05:11.182 --> 00:05:14.662 body and then telling everyone he was raised from the dead. 00:05:15.292 --> 00:05:19.222 If that happens, we'll be worse off than we were at first. 00:05:20.512 --> 00:05:21.532 Pilate replied. 00:05:22.297 --> 00:05:24.937 Take guards and secure it the best you can. 00:05:25.957 --> 00:05:29.317 So they sealed the tomb and posted guards to protect it. 00:05:31.177 --> 00:05:37.237 Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the 00:05:37.242 --> 00:05:39.337 other Mary went out to visit the tomb. 00:05:40.387 --> 00:05:44.947 Suddenly there was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord. 00:05:44.947 --> 00:05:49.447 Came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. 00:05:50.287 --> 00:05:54.397 His face shown like lightning and his clothing was as white as snow. 00:05:55.237 --> 00:05:59.677 The guard shook with fear when they saw him and they fell into a dead faint. 00:06:00.607 --> 00:06:02.587 Then the angel spoke to the women. 00:06:03.277 --> 00:06:04.627 Don't be afraid. 00:06:05.077 --> 00:06:09.637 He said, I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. 00:06:10.357 --> 00:06:11.317 He isn't here. 00:06:11.917 --> 00:06:15.907 He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. 00:06:16.552 --> 00:06:19.252 Come see where his body was lying. 00:06:19.702 --> 00:06:24.742 And now go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead and 00:06:24.742 --> 00:06:26.812 he is going ahead of you to Galilee. 00:06:27.502 --> 00:06:28.942 You will see him there. 00:06:29.482 --> 00:06:31.432 Remember what I have told you? 00:06:32.722 --> 00:06:34.762 The women ran quickly from the tomb. 00:06:35.362 --> 00:06:40.342 They were very frightened, but also filled with great joy, and they rushed 00:06:40.402 --> 00:06:47.452 to give the disciples the angels message and as they went, Jesus met them and 00:06:47.452 --> 00:06:52.852 greeted them, and they ran to him, grasped his feet and worshiped him. 00:06:53.692 --> 00:06:56.992 Then Jesus said to them, don't be afraid. 00:06:57.502 --> 00:07:01.912 Go tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there. 00:07:03.352 --> 00:07:07.732 As the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and told 00:07:07.732 --> 00:07:09.622 the leading priests what had happened. 00:07:10.417 --> 00:07:13.627 A meeting with the elders was called, and they decided to 00:07:13.627 --> 00:07:15.487 give the soldiers a large bribe. 00:07:16.177 --> 00:07:21.997 They told the soldiers, you must say Jesus disciples came during the night while we 00:07:21.997 --> 00:07:24.577 were sleeping, and they stole his body. 00:07:25.357 --> 00:07:29.677 If the governor hears about it, well stand up for you so you won't get in trouble. 00:07:30.217 --> 00:07:34.417 So the guards accepted the bribe and said what they were told to say. 00:07:35.152 --> 00:07:40.462 Their story spread widely among the Jews, and they still tell it today. 00:07:42.022 --> 00:07:46.312 Then the 11 disciples left for Galilee going to the mountain 00:07:46.317 --> 00:07:48.112 where Jesus had told them to go. 00:07:48.832 --> 00:07:53.032 When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some of them doubted. 00:07:54.232 --> 00:07:58.702 Jesus came and told his disciples, I have been given all 00:07:58.702 --> 00:08:00.862 authority in heaven and on earth. 00:08:01.567 --> 00:08:06.727 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing 00:08:06.727 --> 00:08:11.377 them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 00:08:12.397 --> 00:08:15.907 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have 00:08:15.912 --> 00:08:18.577 given you, and be sure of this. 00:08:19.447 --> 00:08:24.337 I am with you always, even to the end of the age. 00:08:26.227 --> 00:08:29.077 This concludes today's Immer Reading experience. 00:08:29.197 --> 00:08:30.397 Thank you for joining us.