The Life of Jesus

   

     

      The Life of Jesus

it was now the day before the passover

festival

jesus knew that the hour had come for

him to leave this world

and go to the father

he had always loved those in the world

who were his own

and he loved them to the very end

jesus and his disciples were at supper

the devil had already put into the heart

of judas the son of simon iscariot

the thought of betraying jesus

jesus knew that the father had given him

complete power

he knew that he had come from god and

was going to god

so he rose from the table

took off his outer garment and tied a

towel around his waist

then he poured some water into a wash

basin

and began to wash the disciples feet

then dry them with the towel around his

waist

he came to simon peter

are you going to wash my feet lord

you do not understand now what i am

doing but you will understand later

never at any time will you wash my feet

if i do not wash your feet

you will no longer be my disciple

lord

do not wash only

my feet then

wash my hands

and had to

those who have taken a bath are

completely clean

and do not need to wash themselves

except for their feet

all of you are clean

all except one

jesus already knew who was going to

betray him

that is why he said

all of you except one are clean

after jesus had washed their feet

he put his outer garment back on

and returned to his place at the table

do you understand what i've just done to

you

you call me teacher and lord

and it is right that you should do so

because that is what i am

i your lord and teacher have just washed

your feet

you then should wash one another's feet

i have set an example for you

so that you will do just what i have

done for you

i am telling you the truth

no slaves are greater than their master

and no messengers are greater than the

one who sent them

now that you know this truth

how happy you will be if you put it into

practice

i'm not talking about all of you

i know those i have chosen

but the scripture must come true that

says the man who shared my food turned

against me

i tell you this now before it happens

so that when it does happen you will

believe that i am who i am

i am telling you the truth whoever

receives anyone i sent receives me also

and whoever receives me

receives him who sent me

after jesus had said this

he was deeply troubled

and declared openly

i am telling you the truth

one of you is going to betray me

the disciples looked at one another

completely puzzled about whom he meant

one of the disciples the one whom jesus

loved was sitting next to jesus

simon peter motioned to him

ask him whom he is talking about

so that disciple moved closer to jesus

side

who is it lord

i will take some bread in the sauce and

give it in

he is the man

so he took a piece of bread

dipped it and gave it to judas the son

of simon iscariot

as soon as judas took the bread satan

entered into him

hurry

and do what you must

none of the others at the table

understood why jesus said this to him

since judas was in charge of the money

bag

some of the disciples thought that jesus

had told him to go and buy what they

needed for the festival

or to give something to the poor

judas accepted the bread and went out at

once

it was night

after judas had left jesus said

now the son of man's glory is revealed

now god's glory is revealed through him

and if god's glorious reveal through him

then god will reveal the glory of the

son of man and himself

and he will do so at once

my children

i shall not be with you very much longer

you will look for me but i tell you now

what i told the jewish authorities

you cannot go where i am going

and now i give you a new commandment

love one another

as i have loved you so you must love one

another

if you have love for one another

then everyone will know that you are my

disciples

where are you going lord you cannot

follow me now where i am going

but later you will follow me lord why

can't i follow you now i am ready to die

for you

are you really ready to die for me

i am telling you the truth

before the rooster crows you will say

three times that you do not know me

do not be worried and upset

believe in god

and believe also in me

there are many rooms in my father's

house

and i'm going to prepare a place for you

i would not tell you this if it were not

so

and after i go and prepare a place for

you i will come back and take you to

myself

so that you will be where i am

you know the way that leads to the place

where i am going

lord

we do not know where you are going so

how can we know the way to get there

i am the way

the truth

and the life

no one goes to the father except by me

now that you have known me you will know

my father also

and from now on you do know him

and you have seen him

lord

show us the father

that is all we need

for a long time i have been with you all

yet you do not know me philip

whoever has seen me has seen the father

why then do you say show us the father

do you not believe philip that i am in

the father and the father is in me

the words i have spoken to you do not

come from me

the father who remains in me

does his own work

believe me when i say that i am in the

father and the father is in me

if not believe because of the things i

do

i am telling you the truth

those who believe in me will do what i

do yes they will do even greater things

because i am going to the father

and i will do whatever you ask for

in my name

so that the father's glory will be shown

through the sun

if you ask me for anything in my name

i will do it

if you love me you will obey my

commandments

i will ask the father he will give you

another helper who will stay with you

forever

he is the spirit who reveals the truth

about god

the world cannot receive him because it

cannot see him or know him

but you know him

because he remains with you and is in

you

when i go

you will not be left all alone i will

come back to you

in a little while the world will see me

no more

but you will see me

and because i live

you also will live

when that day comes

you will know that i am in my father

that you are in me

just as i am in you

those who accept my commandments and

obey them are the ones who love me my

father will love those who love me

i too will love them

and reveal myself to them

judas not judas iscariot said lord

how can it be that you will reveal

yourself to us and not to the world

those who love me will obey my teaching

my father will love them and my father

and i will come to them and live with

them those who do not love me

do not obey my teaching

and the teaching you have heard is not

mine but comes from the father who sent

me

i have told you this while i'm still

with you

the help of the holy spirit whom the

father will send in my name

will teach you everything

and make you remember all that i've told

you

peace

is what i leave with you

it is my own peace that i give you

i do not give it as the world does

do not be worried and upset

do not be afraid you heard me say to you

i'm leaving

but i will come back to you

if you loved me

you would be glad that i'm going to the

father

for he is greater than i

and i have told you this now before it

all happens

so that when it does happen you will

believe

i cannot talk with you much longer

because the ruler of this world is

coming

he has no power over me

but the world must know

that i love the father and that is why i

do everything as he commands me

come

let us go from this place

he left with his disciples and went

across kidron brooke

there was a garden in that place

and jesus and his disciples went in

judas the traitor

knew what it was

because many times jesus had met there

with his disciples

so judas went to the garden

taking with him a group of roman

soldiers

and some temple guards sent by the chief

priests and the pharisees they were

armed and carried lanterns and torches

jesus knew everything that was going to

happen to him

so he stepped forward and asked them who

is that you are looking for

jesus of nazareth

judas the traitor was standing there

with them when jesus said to them

i am he

they moved back and fell to the ground

again jesus asked them

who is it you're looking for

jesus of nazareth

i have already told you that i am he

if then you are looking for me

let these others go

he said this

so that what he had said might come true

father

i have not lost even one of those you

gave me

simon peter who had a sword

drew it and struck the high priest's

slave cutting off his right ear

the name of the slave was malcus

put your sword back in his place

do you think that i will not drink the

cup of suffering which my father has

given me

then the roman soldiers with their

commanding officer and the jewish guards

arrested

jesus tied him up

and took him first

to alice

he was the father-in-law of caiaphas who

was high priest that year

it was caiaphas who had advised the

jewish authorities that it was better

that one man should die for all the

people

simon peter and another disciple

followed jesus

that other disciple was well known to

the high priest

so he went with jesus into the courtyard

of the high priest's house

while peter stayed outside by the gate

then the other disciple went back out

spoke to the girl at the gate and

brought peter inside

aren't you also one of the disciples of

that man

no

no no

it was cold

so the servants and gods had built a

charcoal fire and were standing around

and warming themselves

so peter went over and stood with them

warming himself

the high priest questioned jesus about

his disciples and about his teaching

jesus answered i have always spoken

publicly to everyone

all my teaching was done in the

synagogues and in the temple where all

the people come together

i have never said anything in secret

why then do you question me

question the people who heard me ask

them what i told them

they know what i said

dare you talk like that thy priest

if i have said anything wrong

tell everyone here what it was

but if i'm right in what i have said

why do you hate me

then anas sent him still tied up to

caiaphas the high priest

peter was still standing there keeping

himself warm

so the others said to him

aren't you also one of the disciples of

that man

no

i am not

but peter denied it

one of the high priests slaves a

relative of the man whose ear peter had

cut off spoke up

didn't i see you with him in the garden

no

and at once

a rooster crowed

early in the morning

jesus was taken from caiaphas house

to the governor's palace

the jewish authorities did not go inside

the palace for they wanted to keep

themselves ritually clean in order to be

able to eat the passover meal

so pilate went outside to them and asked

what do you accuse this man of we would

not have brought him to you if he had

not committed a crime

then you yourselves take him

and try him according to your own law

we are not allowed to put anyone to

death

this happened in order to make come true

what jesus had said when he indicated

the kind of death he would die

pilate went back into the palace and

called jesus

are you the king of the jews

does this question come from you

or have others told you about me

do you think i'm a jew

it was your own people

and the chief priests who handed you

over to me

what have you done

my kingdom does not belong to this world

if my kingdom belonged to this world

my followers would fight

to keep me from being handed over to the

jewish authorities

no

my kingdom does not belong here

are you a king then

you say that i am a king

i was born and came into the world for

this one purpose

speak about the truth

whoever belongs to the truth

listens to me

and what is truth

then pilate went back outside to the

people and said to them

i cannot find any reason to condemn him

but

according to the custom you have i

always set free a prisoner for you

during the passover

do you want me to set free for you

the king of the jews

was abandoned

then pilate took jesus

and had him whipped

the soldiers made a crown out of thorny

branches and put it on his head

then they put a purple robe on him and

came to him and said

long live the king of the jews

and they went up and slapped him

pilate went back out once more and said

to the crowd

look

i will bring him out here to you

to let you see that i cannot find any

reason

to condemn him

look

here is the man

so jesus came out

wearing the crown of thorns from the

purple road

crucify him

you take him then

and crucify him

i find no reason to condemn him

we have a law that says he ought to die

because he claimed to be the son of god

when pilate heard this

he was even more afraid

he went back into the palace then ask

jesus

where do you come from

but jesus did not answer

he will not speak to me

remember

i have the authority to set you free

and also

to have you crucified

you have authority over me

only because it was given to you by god

so the man who handed me over to you

is guilty of a worse sin

when pilate heard this

he tried to find a way to set jesus free

if you set him free that means you are

not the emperor's friend

anyone who claims to be a king is a

rebel against the emperor

when pilate heard these words

he took jesus outside

and sat down on the judge's seat in the

place called the stone pavement

in hebrew the name is gabatha

it was then almost noon of the day

before the passover

pilate said to the people here is your

king

kill him

do you want me to crucify your king

the only king we have is the emperor

then pilate handed jesus over to them

to be crucified

oh

so they took charge of jesus

he went out carrying his cross

and came to the place of the skull as it

is called

in hebrew it is called

golgotha

there they crucified him

and they also crucified two other men

one on each side

with jesus between them

pilate wrote a notice

and had it put on the cross

jesus of nazareth the king of the jews

is what he wrote

many people read it

because the place where jesus was

crucified was not far from the city

the notice was written in hebrew latin

and greek

the chief priest said to pilate do not

write the king of the jews

but rather this man said

i am the king of the jews

what i have written stays written

after the soldiers had crucified jesus

they took his clothes and divided them

into four parts

one part for each soldier

they also took the robe which was made

of one piece of woven cloth without any

seams in it

the soldiers said to one another let's

not tear it let's throw dice to see who

will get it

this happened in order to make the

scripture come true

they divided my clothes among themselves

and gambled for my robe

and this is what the soldiers did

standing close to jesus cross were his

mother

his mother's sister mary the wife of

kropas

and mary magdalene

jesus saw his mother

and the disciple he loved

standing there

he is your son

then he said to the disciple

she is your mother

from that time the disciple took her to

live in his home

jesus knew that by now everything had

been completed

and in order to make the scripture come

true he said

i am thirsty

a bull was there

full of cheap wine

so a sponge was soaked in the wine put

on a stalk of hyssop and lifted up to

his lips

jesus drank the wine

it is finished

then he bowed his head

and gave up his spirit

then the jewish authorities asked pilate

to allow them to break the legs of the

men who had been crucified and to take

the bodies down from the crosses

they requested this because it was

friday

and they did not want the bodies to stay

on the crosses on the sabbath

since the coming sabbath was especially

holy

so the soldiers went and broke the legs

of the first man and then of the other

man who had been crucified with jesus

but when they came to jesus they saw

that he was already dead

so they did not break his legs

one of the soldiers however plunged his

spear into jesus sound

and at once

blood

and water

poured out

the one who saw this happen has spoken

of it

so that you may also believe

what he said is true

and he knows

that he speaks the truth

this was done to make the scripture come

true

not one of his bones will be broken

there is another scripture that says

people will look at him whom they

pierced

after this joseph who was from the town

of arimathea

asked pilate if he could take jesus body

joseph was a follower of jesus but in

secret because he was afraid of the

jewish authorities

pilate told him he could have the body

so joseph went and took it away

nicodemus who at first had gone to see

jesus at night

went with joseph taking with him about

100 pounds of spices a mixture of myrrh

and aloes

the two men took jesus body and wrapped

it in linen cloths with the spices

according to the jewish custom of

preparing a body for burial

there was a garden in the place where

jesus had been put to death

and in it there was a new tomb where no

one had ever been buried

since it was the day before the sabbath

and because the tomb was close by

they placed jesus body there

early on sunday morning

while it was still dark

mary magdalene went to the tomb

and saw that the stone had been taken

away from the entrance

she went running to simon peter and the

other disciple whom jesus loved

they have taken the lord from the tomb

and we don't know where they have put

him

then peter and the other disciple went

to the tomb

the two of them were running but the

other disciple ran faster than peter and

reached the tomb first

he bent over and saw the linen cloths

but he did not go in

behind him came simon peter

and he went straight into the tomb

he saw the linen cloths lying there and

the cloth which had been around jesus

head

it was not lying with the linen cloth

but was rolled up by itself

then the other disciple who had reached

the tomb first

also went in

he saw

and believed

they still did not understand the

scripture which said that he must rise

from death

then the disciples went back home

mary stood crying outside the tomb

while she was still crying she bent over

and looked in the tomb

and saw two angels there

dressed in white

sitting where the body of jesus had been

one at the head the other at the feet

woman why are you crying

they asked her

if take my lord away

and i do not know where they have put

him

then she turned around

and saw jesus standing there

but she did not know that it was jesus

woman why are you crying

who was it that you were looking for

she thought he was the gardener

so she said to him if you took him away

sir

tell me where you have put him and i

will go get him

mary

she turned toward him and served in

hebrew

this means teacher do not hold on to me

because i have not yet gone back up to

the father

but go to my brothers and tell them i am

returning to him who is my father

and their father

my god and their god

so mary magdalene went and told the

disciples that she had seen the lord

and related to them what he had told her

it was late that sunday evening and the

disciples were gathered together behind

locked doors

because they were afraid of the jewish

authorities

then jesus came

stood among them

peace be with you

after saying this he showed them his

hands and his side

disciples were filled with joy at seeing

the lord

jesus said to them again

peace be with you

as the father sent me so i send you

then he breathed on them

receive the holy spirit

if you forgive people's sins

they are forgiven

if you do not forgive them

they are not forgiven

one of the twelve disciples

thomas called the twin was not with them

when jesus came

so the other disciples told him

we have seen the lord

unless i see

the scars of the nails in his hands

and put my finger

on those scars

and my hand in his side

i will not believe

a week later the disciples were together

again indoors

and thomas was with them

the doors were locked but jesus came

and stood among them

peace be with you

put your finger here and look at my

hands

then reach out your hand and put it in

my side

stop your doubting and believe

my lord

and my god

do you believe

because you see me

how happy are those who believe without

seeing me

in his disciples presence jesus

performed many other miracles which are

not written down in this book

but these have been written

in order that you may believe that jesus

is the messiah

the son of god

and that through your faith in him

you may have life

you

God bless you 

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