C.R.P. Day 317 - Luke 23; John 18-19

Jesus calls before Pontius Pilate; pilot hears that Jesus is a Galilean and send some to Herod for he was in Herod’s jurisdiction; Harold was exceedingly glad to see Jesus for he had heard many things about him and hope to see miracles done by him; that day Pilate and Herod became friends for previously they had been at an enmity with each other; neither Herod nor Pilate found,anything deserving of death, had been done by Jesus; The multitude asked for Barabas to be released; Two criminals were crucified with Jesus, one on his right and one on his left; One of the criminals said to Jesus Lord remember me when you come into your kingdom; Jesus dies and Joseph from Arimathea asks Pilate for the body of Jesus; John 18-19 Jesus has betrayed by Judas Iscariot; Simon Peter strikes the high priest servant cutting off his right ear. The servants name was Malchus; Simon Peter denies Christ and the rooster crows; they take Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium in the early morning; Pontius Pilate finds nothing wrong with Jesus and does not wish to condemn him to death; Pontius Pilate releases Barabbas to the people; The soldiers cast lots for Jesus’s clothing; Jesus gives his mother to his disciple, and his disciple to his mother; Jesus is crucified and dies; they do not break his legs; one of the soldiers pierces his side with a spear and blood and water come out; Joseph of Arimathea asks Pilate in secret to take away the body of Jesus; Nicodemus brings a mixture of myrrh and aloe and they bound his body with strips of linen and with the spices as the custom of the Jews is to bury;