Then Jesus shouted out again, and he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain in the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart… Matthew 27:50-51Matthew 27:50-51English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV50 Once again Jesus shouted, and then he died. 51 At once the curtain in the [...]

So Pilate, the governor, went out to them and asked, “What is your charge against this man?” “We wouldn’t have handed him over to you if he weren’t a criminal!” they retorted. “Then take him away and judge him by your own laws,” Pilate told them. “Only the Romans are permitted to execute someone,” the [...]

Meanwhile, as Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, a servant girl came over and said to him, “You were one of those with Jesus the Galilean.” But Peter denied it in front of everyone. “I don’t know what you are talking about,” he said. Matthew 26:69-70Matthew 26:69-70English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVPeter Says He Doesn’t [...]

Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”  He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.  Then he said to them “My soul is overwhelmed with [...]

In the evening Jesus arrived with the twelve disciples. As they were sitting around the table eating, Jesus said, “The truth is, one of you will betray me, one of you who is here eating with me.” Greatly distressed, one by one they began to ask him, “I’m not the one, am I?” He replied, [...]