JESUS again to Pilate.

and brings back the money. i. 3-11.

Pilate seeks to release JESUS.

nce.

Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in 5. John xix. 6, 16. S. Mat. xxvii. 26. S. 15. S. Luke xxiii. 24, 25. Pilate declares nnocent of the Blood of CHRIST; but the with one voice proclaims, "And was crucified ntius Pilate." Cf. S. Mat. xxvii. 24.

d upon Simon the Cyrenian.

vi. 32. S. Mark xv. 21. S. Luke xxiii. 26. n xviii. 17.

to the sorrowing women.

ii. 27-32.

The Crucifixion.

fied. [The third hour; 9 o'clock.]

3-36. S. Mark xv. 22-26. S. Luke xxiii. hn xix. 18.

vii. 37. S. Mark xv. 26. S. Luke xxiii. 38. xix. 19-23. Cf. Ps. ii. 6.

ldiers. S. Mat. xxvii. 35, 36. S. Mark xv. - Luke xxiii. 36, 37. S. John xix. 23, 24. ssers by. S. Mat. xxvii. 39, 40. S. Mark 30.

-iests and scribes. S. Mat. xxvii. 41-44. rk xv. 31, 32. S. Luke xxiii. 35.

ieves crucified with JESUS. S. Mat. xxvii. . Luke xxiii. 39-42.

(5) The Holy Mother, the beloved disciple, other holy women. S. John xix. 25. Cf. S. Mat. xxvii. 55, 56. S. Mark xv. 40.

c. The Words from the Cross.

(1) "FATHER, forgive them, for they know not what they do." S. Luke xxiii. 34.

(2) “To-day shalt thou be with Me in paradise.” S. Luke xxiii. 43.

(3) "Woman, behold thy son; Behold thy mother."
S. John xix. 26, 27.

Three hours' darkness and silence. S. Mat. xxvii. 45. S.
Mark xv. 33.

(4) "My GOD, MY GOD, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"
S. Mat. xxvii. 46. S. Mark xv. 34.

(5) "I thirst." S. John xix. 28, 29. Cf. S. Mat. xxvii. 48. S. Mark xv. 36.

(6) "It is finished." S. John xix. 30.

(7) "FATHER, into Thy hands I commend My Spirit."
S. Luke xxiii. 46.

III. Jesus resigns His Life. [The ninth hour ; 3 o'clock.]
a. JESUS cries with a loud voice and gives up the ghost.
S. Mat. xxvii. 50. S. Mark xv. 37. S. Luke xxiii. 46.
Cf. S. John x. 18.

The soul of JESUS descends into Hell; i.e. Hades, the
place of departed spirits. I S. Pet. iii. 19. Cf. Isa.
lxi. I.
"He descended into Hell."

b. Great earthquake; the Temple veil is rent.

S. Mat. xxvii. 51. S. Mark xv. 38.

c. The Centurion's confession.

S. Mat. xxvii. 54. S. Mark xv. 39. S. Luke xxiii. 47, 48.

d. The Side of JESUS is pierced.

S. John xix. 34-38. Cf. Ex. xii. 46. Ps. xxxiv. 20.
Zech. xii. 1O.

The Entombment.

I. The Body of Jesus, taken down from the Cross.

Joseph of Arimathea begs the Body of JESUS.

S. Mat. xxvii. 57, 58. S. Mark xv. 42-46. S. Luke xxiii. 50-53. S. John xix. 38. Cf. Isa. liii. 9.

II. Prepared for burial: laid in a new Tomb. [About 6 o'clock.] S. Mat. xxvii. 59, 60. S. Mark xv. 46. S. Luke xxiii. 53. S. John xix. 39 to end.

Easter Bay.

THE RESURRECTION.

History of the Resurrection.

I. Christ rises from the Grave.

S. Mat. xxviii. 2, 3, 4. Cf. xxvii. 52, 53.

a. The third day after the Crucifixion.

CHRIST foretold that He would rise the "third day."
S. Mat. xvi. 21; xvii. 23. S. Mark ix. 31. Till the
"third day" the Sepulchre was made sure. S. Mat.
xxvii. 64. Cf. S. Luke xxiv. 21. "The third day He
rose again from the dead." “And the third day He
rose again according to the Scriptures."

b. The First Day of the Week.

S. Mat. xxviii. 1. S. Mark xvi. 2. See also S. Luke;
S. John. The First Day became therefore the weekly
Festival of the Christian Church. Acts xx. 7.
xvi. 2. "The LORD's Day." Rev. i. 10.

c. Very early.

I Cor.

CHRIST was already risen when the holy women brought
their spices to the Sepulchre, very early in the
morning;" S. Luke xxiv. 1. "When it was yet dark;"
S. John xx. I. "As it began to dawn," S. Mat.
xxviii. I. "At the rising of the sun." S. Mark xvi. 2.3

II. Angels proclaim the Resurrection.

a. The Holy Women visit the Sepulchre-it is empty.
S. Mark xvi. 1-5. S. Luke xxiv. 1, 2, 3.

b. S. Mary Magdalene hastens to tell S. Peter.
S. John xx. 1, 2.

c. An angel makes known the Resurrection to the women
at the Sepulchre, they depart quickly to bring the dis-
ciples word.

S. Mat. xxviii. 5, 6, 7, 8.

1 Apostles' Creed. 2 Nicene Creed. 3 The hour at which they left home would naturally be the first glimmering of light, about twenty minutes before sunrise, so that they would reach the Sepulchre when the sun was already above the horizon." Speaker's Commentary.

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