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AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 818) [Remember the Trade Center!!]
Various News Sources and FReepers | April 18, 2003 | All of Us

Posted on 04/18/2003 4:39:48 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society

Jesus Dies on the Cross

The Passion of our Lord, Jesus Christ, according to Matthew:

1Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the decision to put Jesus to death. 2They bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate, the governor.
3When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. 4"I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood."
"What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility."
5So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
6The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money." 7So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. 8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."[1]

11Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.
12When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. 13Then Pilate asked him, "Don't you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?" 14But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge--to the great amazement of the governor.
15Now it was the governor's custom at the Feast to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 17So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" 18For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
19While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him."
20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
21"Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" asked the governor.
"Barabbas," they answered.
22"What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?" Pilate asked.
They all answered, "Crucify him!"
23"Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"
24When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility!"
25All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!"
26Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

27Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him. "Hail, king of the Jews!" they said. 30They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 33They came to a place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). 34There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.[2] 36And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. 37Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!"
41In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42"He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! He's the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, 'I am the Son of God.' " 44In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. 46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi,[3] lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"[4]
47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah."
48Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49The rest said, "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him."
50And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. 52The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son[5] of God!"
55Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. 56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

57As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. 61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63"Sir," they said, "we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.' 64So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first."
65"Take a guard," Pilate answered. "Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how." 66So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.

 

Footnotes


 

  1. 27:10 See Zech. 11:12,13; Jer. 19:1-13; 32:6-9.
  2. 27:35 A few late manuscripts lots that the word spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled: "They divided my garments among themselves and cast lots for my clothing" (Psalm 22:18)
  3. 27:46 Some manuscripts Eli, Eli
  4. 27:46 Psalm 22:1
  5. 27:54 Or a son

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To: Molly Pitcher

Praise God, he has risen

41 posted on 04/18/2003 6:02:00 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Semper Gumby - Always flexible)
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To: Guenevere; lysie; Bitwhacker; gulfcoast6; *ATRW
lysie, that song fits, doesn't it??

My question of the day is this:

Which of us nuts FRiends likes those awfulcolorful Peeps things candy????

42 posted on 04/18/2003 6:03:19 AM PDT by Molly Pitcher (Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow....)
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To: bmwcyle
Powerful! thanks, bmw.
43 posted on 04/18/2003 6:04:28 AM PDT by Molly Pitcher (Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow....)
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To: Molly Pitcher
ME! ME! The first three that is.
44 posted on 04/18/2003 6:05:01 AM PDT by gulfcoast6 (Jesus is a friend who walks in when the whole world walks out.)
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To: Guenevere


45 posted on 04/18/2003 6:05:22 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Semper Gumby - Always flexible)
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To: bmwcyle
even if I don't have time to post every day, your cartoons always make my day. Thanks for 'em :)
46 posted on 04/18/2003 6:15:37 AM PDT by TBarnett34 (Politically correct means factually wrong.)
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To: Molly Pitcher
Which of us nuts FRiends likes those awfulcolorful Peeps things candy???? Ew. Those things are like eating a sugar-soaked cotton ball.
47 posted on 04/18/2003 6:16:39 AM PDT by TBarnett34 (Politically correct means factually wrong.)
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To: Molly Pitcher
I have to admit it, I like them. But only a few. Just too sweet.
48 posted on 04/18/2003 6:18:04 AM PDT by kassie (God is merciful and hears our prayers.)
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To: gulfcoast6; TBarnett34
He, he, T, you and I are on the same page.You described it perfectly...

Toby, I don't know about you...:-)

49 posted on 04/18/2003 6:20:18 AM PDT by Molly Pitcher (Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow....)
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To: Molly Pitcher; Guenevere; lysie; Iowa Granny; jtill; illstillbe; MozartLover; M Kehoe; Jemian; ...
Confession: I still buy Peeps even though the kids are long gone and it's just hubby and me here now.

..... I still buy jelly beans, too.

Maybe I missed it by just skimming the thread but I didn't see any mention of this here yesterday. I hope it's the start of a trend ......

Catholic Church asks Tom Daschle to stop calling himself a Catholic

50 posted on 04/18/2003 6:38:29 AM PDT by kayak (Pray for President Bush, our troops, and our nation!)
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To: kayak; Molly Pitcher
I will buy Peeps occasionally.....but my LONG HELD craving, around Eastertime, is those individually wrapped marshmallow Easter eggs with the thin candy shell.....in pastels.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE those things....

There was this little 5 & dime store, when I was growing up, and the manager would bring his leftover marshmallow eggs from the back storeroom when he saw me come in.

He knew I would buy them :)))
He might have even given them to me.

Do y'all know which candy I'm talking about?

They're called Hide & Seek eggs.

It's just a childhood thing that I never outgrew. :)

51 posted on 04/18/2003 6:45:47 AM PDT by Guenevere (...STAY THE COURSE!!)
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To: kayak
I still buy jelly beans, too.

Jelly Bellys are my favorites....pear flavor..peach flavor..tangerine..everything I guess, but popcorn flavor and bubble gum. :-)

52 posted on 04/18/2003 6:47:12 AM PDT by lysie
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To: lysie; Guenevere
I like the old-fashioned jelly beans, not all these new-fangled flavors. I'm probably one of the few people in the world who doesn't consider Jelly Bellys a favorite ..... :-)

Guennie ~~~ I love those, too. It seems like they're not as good as they used to be .... or maybe it's just a different perspective now ..... LOL!

Got to head for Charlotte now ..... finish up payroll so our employees don't skin us alive.

53 posted on 04/18/2003 6:51:24 AM PDT by kayak (Pray for President Bush, our troops, and our nation!)
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To: Chairman_December_19th_Society
Amen.
54 posted on 04/18/2003 6:52:06 AM PDT by gardner
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To: kayak
They are different now.

They use to be BIG & softer. :)
(or maybe I was just ...small!)

Have a nice day.

55 posted on 04/18/2003 6:54:20 AM PDT by Guenevere (...STAY THE COURSE!!)
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To: kayak; All
I'm looking for Peeps and can't find them. I make little nests substituting Wheaties for Rice Crispies in the Crispie Treats recipe and adding green food coloring. I usually set a Peep in the middle and surround the Peep with jelly bean 'eggs'.

Sob!(this is crying,, not swearing... altho on second thought,, perhaps it's a little of each!)

Apparently, this year there will only be eggs in the Baskets.

56 posted on 04/18/2003 7:08:24 AM PDT by Iowa Granny
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To: Molly Pitcher; Bitwhacker
I LOVE PEEPS..and I also LOVE WHITE CHOCOLATE BUNNIES and ROBIN EGGS!!(Malted Milk).

</ confessions of an Easter Junkie>

After Bit's visit here this weekend, ask him about my special "table".
57 posted on 04/18/2003 7:10:46 AM PDT by Neets
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To: Iowa Granny
I CAN'T believe you can't find PEEPS!!! They are STILL everywhere here..in all shapes and colors
58 posted on 04/18/2003 7:11:33 AM PDT by Neets
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To: Guenevere
I like them a little "less fresh".
59 posted on 04/18/2003 7:12:04 AM PDT by Neets
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To: *ATRW
Going to be an in and out day for me here. I'm home, and lot's to do to prepare for Sunday.
60 posted on 04/18/2003 7:12:45 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society (Conservatives aren't perfect, we're just right.)
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