#gospelanalysis

Judas betrays Jesus and he is arrested.

Servants ear is cut off.

Peter is in the courtyard and three times denies Jesus.

Jesus is brought before Pilate

Pilate asks if Jesus is a king.

Crowd chooses Barabbas for release.

They crucify Jesus.

Two criminals crucified with Jesus, one on either side.

There is sign with an inscription above him on the cross.

Jesus’ clothes divided.

Jesus is offered wine vinegar.

Jesus dies.

Women were at the scene of the crucifixion.

Jesus asks why not public arrest. (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

Jesus confronts arrestors and they fall to ground. (John)

Jesus’ followers flee scene of arrest. (Matthew, Mark)

Young follower flees naked. (Mark)

Jesus rejects violence in response to arrest. (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

Jesus brought before High Priest, Caiaphas. (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

Jesus brought before Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas. (John)

Caiaphas states that it is better for Jesus to die instead of a whole  nation. (John)

Jesus spit on, slapped, beat and or mocked. (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

Jesus blindfolded. (Mark, Luke)

Jesus hit by one of the officers for being disrespectful to High Priest. (John)

Jesus was bound before being sent to Pilate (Matthew, Mark)

Judas, filled with guilt, gives back the money and hangs himself (Matthew)

Jesus was taken to Herod (Luke)

Pilate’s wife has a dream. He washes his hands and says blood is on crowd’s hands. (Matthew)

Pilate declares Jesus’ innocence. (Luke, John)

Crowd claims to not have any king but Caesar. (John)

Robe put on Jesus was scarlet. (Matthew)

Robe put on Jesus was purple. (Mark, John)

Jesus mocked with a crown of thorns. (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

Simon of Cyrene carries cross. (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

Simon’s children named. (Mark)

Jesus addresses the weeping women. (Luke)

Chief priest complain to Pilate about the title Pilate gives to Jesus on the sign. (John)

The soldier’s cast lots for the seamless garment. (John)

Sign above Jesus has slightly different descriptions. Names him. (Matthew) Tells where is is from. (John)

Specifically names three Mary’s and links John as “son to mother.” (John)

28. Jesus is crucified in the third hour. (Mark)

Jesus’ conversation with the two thieves. (Luke)

Crowd mocks Jesus saying if he is the Son of God he could save himself. (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

Three hours of darkness, sixth to ninth hour. (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

Jesus offered wine mixed with gall. (Matthew) or mixed with myrrh (Mark) which he didn’t drink.

Jesus offered wine vinegar while on the cross after they say he calls for Elijah (Matthew, Mark), soldiers offer wine vinegar (Luke), and to fulfill scripture says he is thirsty. (John)

Jesus cries out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew, Mark)

“Loud cry.” (Matthew, Mark) “…I commit my Spirit.” (Luke) “It is finished.” (John)

Temple curtain ripped in two. (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

There was an earthquake, rocks split, tombs opened. (Matthew)

Centurion declares Jesus innocent. (Matthew, Mark, Luke)

Soldiers go to break the criminals legs, but Jesus was already dead. (John)

Pierced his side with a sword, water and blood come out. (John)

Crowd beat their breasts. (Luke)

Name some of the followers including the women that were there (Matthew, Mark)

Pilate surprised that Jesus is already dead. (Mark)

Two Mary’s watch burial (Matthew, Mark)

Women go home and prepare spices, but rest on the Sabbath. (Luke)

Nicodemus brought spices for the body. (John)

Jesus is buried in a tomb in a garden (John)

No one had been laid in the tomb before Jesus (Luke, John)

Jesus being placed in the tomb on Preparation day. (Luke, John)

Jesus arrest and crucifixion account paraphrased from the Gospel of John (SAFV).

John Paraphrase 18:1-19:42

Jesus Gets Arrested

1 When Jesus was done praying, he left with all of his followers to go across the Kidron Valley. On the other side of the Valley there was a garden that He and his followers went into.

2 One of his followers named Judas, the guy who backstabbed him, knew that Jesus and his followers went to the garden quite often to hang out. 3 So as he was searching for Jesus that was the first place he checked. He came with a police squadron and some church officials and lawyers. They with AR-15s and riot gear.

4 Jesus knew what was going to happen to him, so he stepped up and asked them, “Who are you guys looking for?”

5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.

“Yeah that’s me,” Jesus said. (The backstabbing Judas was still standing with the crowd.) 6 When Jesus told them, “yeah that’s me,” they all took a few steps back and some of them even stumbled to the ground.

7 Since no one said anything Jesus asked them again, “Who are you guys looking for?”

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said again.

8 Then Jesus was like, “Well ok, I already told you guys that I am Jesus of Nazareth. If you guys really want me then let my followers go.” 9 This happened so that what he had said before would come true when he said: “I haven’t lost any of the people you gave me.”

10 Then one of Jesus’ followers named Simon Peter, whipped out his pistol and shot the Conference President’s secretary’s right ear off. (The secretary's name was Malchus.)

11 Jesus commanded Peter, “put your gun down! Do you not want me to go through what God the Father wants me to go through.

12 Then the Squadron of police with their chief and the church officials arrested Jesus. They handcuffed Him 13 and brought him to a guy named Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the conference president. 14 Caiaphas was the one who had told the other church officials that it was a good idea to sacrifice one man for the sake of the rest of the people.

Peter Denies He Knows Jesus

15 Simon Peter and on of Jesus other followers were following behind Jesus after he got arrested. Because the conference president knew who the other follower was, he followed Jesus into his courtyard, 16 but Peter had to wait outside the door of his house. The other follower who the Conference President knew, came back out and talked to the greeter at the door and Peter was let in.

17 “Hey, aren’t you one of Jesus followers too?” she asked Peter.

“No i’m not,” Peter said.

18 It was really cold outside so all of the conference Presidents employees and church officials were waiting around an outdoor heater to stay warm, so Peter went over with them to warm himself up.

The Conference President Interrogates Jesus

19 While this happened, the conference president was questioning and interrogating Jesus about his followers and what He was teaching to the people.

20 “I have spoken openly to everyone,” said Jesus. “I was always teaching in the churches and church courtyards where everyone hangs out, I wasn’t hiding anything from anyone. 21 So why are you questioning me? Ask everyone who was listening to me, they’ll probably remember what i taught.”

22 When Jesus finished talking, one of the church officials who was listening backhanded Him in the face. “Is that really the way you’re going to talk to the Conference President?” he yelled.

23 “If i said anything that offended you or that was wrong, tell me what I said,” Jesus said back. “But if i told the truth, why did you hit me?” 24 Then Annas handcuffed Him again and sent Him to Caiaphas.

Peter Denies He Knows Jesus a Second and Third Time.

25 While Jesus was getting questioned, Simon Peter was still outside getting warm. So the church officials that were there asked him, “Aren't you one of Jesus followers too?”

He denied them and said, “Uh, no i’m not.”

26 One the the conference presidents secretaries, who happened to be related to the man Peter shot the ear off of, confronted Peter and said, “Didn’t i see you when Jesus when we were at the Garden?” 27 But for a third time Peter denied that he was Jesus’ follower, and when Peter finished talking a rooster crowed.

Jesus with Pilate

28 The church officials then dragged Jesus over from Caiaphas to the Roman Governor’s mansion. By now it was morning time and the church leaders didn't’ want to enter the mansion to avoid being unclean for their ceremonies they were going to perform later. 29 So Pilate, the governor, had to come out to them and asked, “What are you guys accusing this guy of?”

30 “Well if he didn’t do anything wrong we wouldn’t have brought him to you,” they said.

31 Then Pilate said, “Take him back to your people and judge him under your own laws.”

“But our laws don’t let us execute anyone,” they said back. 32 When they said this it fulfilled what Jesus said about how he was gonna die.

33 So Pilate took Jesus back into his Mansion and asked him, “Are you really the President of the Jews?”

34 “is that what you think or did other other people gossip about me to you?” Jesus asked.

35 “Am I Jewish?” Pilate responded. “Your people and church leaders are the ones who turned you in to me. So what did you do wrong?”

36 Jesus said, “My empire isn't from earth. If it was from earth, my servants and soldiers would fight to stop me from being arrested. But no, my empire is from somewhere else.”

37 “Oh! So you are a President then!” Said Pilate.

Jesus answered, “You can say that I am a President. But the real reason i was born on earth was to tell people the truth. And everyone who believes in the truth listens to me.”

38 “What is truth then?” said Pilate. Then after that he went back out to where the church leaders were waiting and told them, “I don’t see any reason to charge this guy guilty. 39 But since it is a tradition that i release a prisoner back to you guys at the time of this big festival, do you want me to give you guys back this President of the Jews?”

40 They all yelled back at Pilate, “No, we don't want Him! Give us Barabbas!” Barabbas was in prison for starting a big uprising riot.

John 19

Jesus is Sentenced to be Executed

1 Then Pilate punished Jesus by having Him tortured. 2 Then guards put together a crown made of barbed wire and pushed it onto Jesus’ head. Then they gave him a nice high quality suit to wear 3 and all came up to him and kept saying, “All hail the President of the Jews!” And they all slapped him in the face.

4 Then after Jesus was tortured Pilate brought him out in front of the Jews that were there and said, “Look guys, I am bringing him back out to let you know once again that i find no reason for Him to be guilty.” 5 and when Jesus came out wearing the crown made of barbed wire and the fancy suit Pilate said, “Look here He is!”

6 As soon as the church leaders and officials saw him come out, they started a chant saying, “Execute Him! Execute Him!”

But Pilate finally gave up and said, “Fine, you guys take him and execute him, but know that i don’t find him guilty for anything.”

7 The church leaders insisted and said, “One of our laws says that anyone who claims to be God must die and this guy is claiming to be God.”

8 When Pilate heard them say he claimed to be God, he freaked out 9 and brought Jesus back into his mansion. “Where did you come from?” he asked, but Jesus didn’t answer him. 10 “why aren’t you talking to me?” Pilate asked. “Don’t you get that i have to power to kill you or set you free?”

11 Jesus finally answered back to him, “You wouldn't have any of your power over me if God above didn’t give it to you. The people who turned me in to you are the guilty ones, guilty of a worse sin.”

12 From that point on, Pilate tried hard to set Jesus free, but the church leaders kept yelling and shouting, “If you let this guy go, you aren’t supporting Caesar. Anyone who claims that they are a President is against Caesar.”

13 When Pilate heard them say that, he led Jesus out of the mansion to a place called Stone Pavement and he sat down on the Judge’s chair. 14 At this point it was about noon on Friday of the big festival.

“Here is your President,” Pilate told the Jews.

15 But they kept shouting, “Take him away and execute him!”

Pilate asked, “But do you really want me to execute your president?”

“We don’t have any other president besides Caesar,” the church leaders answered.

16 So finally Pilate gave up and gave in and handed Jesus over to the jews to be executed.

Jesus is Executed

So the guards became in charge of Jesus. 17 He was forced to carry his own electric chair to the execution chamber which was called the Skull Room. 18 In that room they executed Jesus and two other criminals with alongside him. He had one criminal on either side of him and he was in the middle.

19 Pilate a sign made and posted up above the electric chair as he was executed that said: Jesus of Nazareth, the President of the Jews. 20 A bunch of the Jews that were passing nearby read the sign because Jesus was executed in a room where everyone could see him, and the sign was written in English, Spanish, and French. 21 The Jewish church leaders got mad at Pilate because of what he wrote on the sign and said to him, “Don’t write ‘President of the Jews,’ he wasn’t actually the president of the Jews he just claimed he was.”

22 Pilate answered, “I wrote what i wrote and i’m not going to change it.”

23 When the guards executed Jesus, they took off all of his clothes and divided them evenly into four piles with his underwear left. And his underwear was all made from one piece of cloth with no seams so there was no way to divide it evenly.

24 So the guards said, “Don’t tear it up, let’s gamble over it to see who wins it.”

This happened because it had been prophesied to happen in a book that said, “They split up my clothes between them and gambled for who got what.” So that is what the guards did.

25 Close by to the electric chair where Jesus was being executed his mom, his aunt, Mary Clopas’s wife, Mary Magdalene were standing. 26 When Jesus noticed that his mom and one of his loved followers was there with her, he looked at his mom and told her, “Mom, this follower is now your son.” 27 and he looked at his follower that he loved and said, “Here is your mother.” From then on, Jesus follower brought Mary over to his house to take care of her.

Jesus Dies

28 Later on, since Jesus knew that the prophecies about him had been fulfilled, he told the guards, “I’m thirsty.” 29 A bottle of old alcohol was in the room, so they soaked a rag in some of the alcohol and held it up on a stick for him to drink up. 30 When Jesus took the drink he said, “It’s over.” And when he said that they electrocuted him a more and he died.

31 It was still on the Friday before the big festival and the next day was the special Sabbath of the festival. Since the church leaders didn’t want people sitting in these execution chairs on their special Sabbath they asked Pilate is he could electrocute them more so they would die quicker, then they could take their bodies away. 32 So the guards came and electrocuted the two criminals who were executed with Jesus. 33 But when the got to Jesus to electrocute him more they realized he was already dead, so they didn’t electrocute him anymore. 34 Instead, one of the guards came up and checked his pulse and felt nothing. 35 The guy who felt for His pulse told them what he felt, and what he felt is true. He knows that what he felt was true, and tells us about it so we that we can believe it too. 36 All of this happened to prove a prophecy to be true: He won't be electrocuted to death,” 37 and another prophecy that says, “They’ll look up at the guy with no pulse.”

Jesus is Buried

Jesus’s arrest and crucifixion from the Gospel of Luke (SAFV).

Luke 22:47-23:56

47 While Jesus was talking, Judas came with a group of people, and he went up to Jesus to shake his hand. 48 Jesus asked him,”are you really gonna backstab your savior with a handshake.

49 When Jesus’ followers saw they were going to take Him, they asked him,” Jesus should we protect you?” 50 Then one of Jesus followers sliced the Conference President’s secretary’s right ear off.

51 But Jesus said,” Stop!” And put the man’s ear back on his head.

52 Then Jesus told the conference president, the deacons, and the head elders, who had come to arrest him,”Why did you guys come with guns and riot shields, am I leading a protest? 53 I’ve been preaching around you in the church courtyard every day, and you haven’t even touched me. But now that it’s night time you guys came to arrest me.

Peter Denies Knowing Jesus

54 Then they put Him in handcuffs and took Him away to the conference president’s office. Peter followed a little bit behind them. 55 Peter went and stood with some other people around an outdoor heater in the church courtyard. 56 A waitress saw him hanging around the heater. when she saw his face in the light, she looked closely and said ,” wait, this was one of Jesus followers.”

57 But Peter denied it and said,”No, ma’am, i don’t know him.”

58 When he was walking around later someone else saw him and said,”You are one of His followers too.”

“No sir, I’m not!” said Peter.

59 Like an hour later yet another person saw him and said,”For sure this guy is one of Jesus followers, he’s Galilean.”

60 But Peter responded,”sorry sir, i have no idea what you’re talking about!” And right as he finished his sentence, the rooster crowed. 61 Jesus turned and made direct eye contact with Peter, and Peter remembered what Jesus told him earlier: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny that you know me three times.” 62 Then Peter went outside and started sobbing.

The Guards Roast Jesus

63 Then the soldiers who were guarding Jesus started roasting him and beating him up. 64 They blindfolded him and would yell at him asking,”C’mon you prophet! Who just hit you?” 65 and the soldiers continued to roast him.

Jesus Before Pilate and Herod

66 In the morning at sunrise, the council of the church elders, including the conference officials and lawyers, held a court meeting and Jesus was brought in front of them. 67 “Tell us if you are actually our Savior,” they asked Him.

And Jesus answered,” you won’t believe me if i tell you, 68 and if i ask you a question you guys wont answer me. 69 but from now on, the Son of Man will be sitting on the right hand side of the One Almighty God.”

70 All the church leaders were confused and were like,” So you’re saying you’re the Son of God?” Jesus replied,” You guys are saying I Am.”

71 Angry, they said to each other,” Why do we need any more evidence? We just heard him say the words out of his own mouth.”

Luke 23

1 Then the whole council got up and brought Him to Pilate. 2 The church officers started to accuse him and said,”We found this man guilty of trying to overthrow our nation. He tells people not to pay taxes to Caesar and claims to be our Savior, a king.”

3 So Pilate asked Jesus,” Are you really the King of the Jews?”

“You said it,” Jesus replied.

4 Then Pilate turned back to the church officials and the crowd that gathered,”I don’t see anything i can charge this man for, he is innocent.”

5 but they kept insisting saying,”He keeps riling people up with his preaching all over Judea. He started his preaching in Galilee and has made it all the way other here.

6 When Pilate heard what they said he asked Jesus if he was from Galilee. 7 And when he found this out Pilate realized that he should be under King Herod’s power, he sent Him to Herod who was also in Jerusalem.

8 Herod was glad to see Jesus because he had been wanting to talk to Jesus for a long time. From all that he had heard about Jesus, he wanted to see Him do a miracle in front of him. 9 He asked Jesus a bunch of questions, but Jesus wouldn’t answer any of them. 10 The church officials and lawyers were there too, and were viciously accusing Him. 11 Then Herod and his body guards started roasting him too. They dressed him up in a kingly robe and sent him to go back to Pilate. 12 On that day Pilate and King Herod became friends, before this event they hated each other.

13 Then Pilate called for a meeting together with the church officials and leaders, 14 and said,” You brought this guy up to me and accused him of riling people up and starting riots. I looked into this case and found no reason for him to be guilty. 15 I even sent Jesus to King Herod, and he sent Him back to me because he found no reason to punish him. Look guys he hasn’t done anything that deserves a death penalty. 16 so i will just punish Him then release him.”

18 But the whole crowd was shouting,”Get this guy out of here and give us Barabbas instead!” 19 (Barabbas was put in prison for starting riots and murder.)

20 But Pilate didn’t want to imprison Jesus so he kept trying to negotiate with the angry crowd. 21 But they kept screaming,” Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”

22 Then for a third time he tried to change their minds: “Why? What crime has this guy committed? I don’t see anything he’s done that’s worth a death penalty. So i’m just gonna punish them and then release him from prison.”

23 But they kept shouting and insisting that he should be crucified and their shouts grew louder and louder. 24 So Pilate finally gave in and granted their request. 25 He released Barabbas, they guy they kept asking for and gave Jesus up to be punished.

The Crucifixion of Jesus

26 While the prison guards were dragging him away, they pulled a guy out of the crowd named Simon, he was just visiting from his hometown Cyrene, and they forced him to carry the cross for Jesus since Jesus was too weak to carry it by himself. 27 A big crowd started following Jesus, including women who were mourning and sobbing for Him. 28 So Jesus turned to comfort them and said,”Daughter of Jerusalem, don’t cry for me; cry for you and your kids. 29 There is gonna be a time when you’ll say,’ those women who haven’t had kids are so blessed!’ 30 “‘ they’ll say to the mountains, “Crush us!” and to the hills, “ Bury us!”’ 31 If people are already doing these things when the tree is still green what’s gonna happen when it’s dried up?”

32 There were two other guys that were being executed with Jesus. 33 when they finally got to the execution chamber called Skull, they executed Jesus there with the other criminals, one on either side of Him. 34 Jesus said,” Father please forgive them, they don’t know what they’re doing.” Then the guards gambled over who would get His clothes.

35 The crowd stood watching, and the rulers even roasted him more. They said,” He’s been saving other people this whole time, if he’s really our Savior let him save himself!”

36 The guards came and roasted him too. They tried to get him to drink old vinegar 37 and said, if you’re really the king of the Jews, save yourself.”

38 They put a sign above Him that said, This is the King of the Jews.”

39 One of the criminals who was getting executed kept roasting him saying:” Don’t you call yourself our savior? Save yourself and us too while you’re at it!”

40 But the other criminal scolded him saying,” Don't’ you respect God since you’re getting the same punishment that He is getting? We are getting a punishment that we deserve, this guy is getting punished for being innocent.”

42 Then he looked at Jesus and asked,” Jesus remember me when you go back to heaven.”

43 Jesus answered back,” I tell you right now you’ll come with me to heaven.”

The Death of Jesus

44 It was right around lunch time, and suddenly it became dark over the whole city until about 3:00 in the afternoon, 45 the sun had stopped shining. And the huge door in the church was broken in half. 46 then Jesus cried in a really loudly, “ Father, I give my life over to you.” And when he finished saying it he died.

47 Then the head guard realized what had happened and starting praying to God and said, “For sure this guy was innocent.” 48 When all the people who came to watch the execution saw him die, they all mourned then left. 49 But all of his friends who had known him, including the women who had come with him all the way from Galilee, watched from further back in the crowd.

The Burial of Jesus

50 There was a guy named Joseph who was a member of the the church council, a good honest man, 51 who didn’t agree with what the other church officials had decided to do. He came from a town called Arimathea, and was waiting for God’s kingdom to crime. 52 He went to Pilate and asked if he could have Jesus body. 53 Then he took Him from the execution chamber and dressed him in a suit for his casket. Then he put the casket in a grave in the side of a hill. 54 This was on Friday evening and the Sabbath was about to begin.