Never before have men grieved as they did while they supposed that the Lord Jesus was dead and gone. Not one of Jesus’ followers believed that He would come back from the dead, but when He did it was an experience on earth like never before.

After Jesus had breathed His last there remained the work of removing His body to a grave. One man stepped forward, a rich council member. Amongst the shattered hearts and battered faith of the disciples, their love for Jesus never lessened, their love never budged.

People die only because of sin in the world. Jesus, the sinless Son of God is no exception, He died because of sin too, our sin. His, the greatest death of all, made a way for all to go to heaven, those have not rejected Him. His life was substituted for mine, He suffered and died in my place so that I could forever live in heaven.

Jesus is paraded before Pilate’s guards, then mocked, laughed at, struck, spat upon and crowned with thorns on His innocent head. Then they marched Him to Calvary. An African was compelled to carry the Lord’s cross and then they crucified Him. The guards divided his garments and all ridiculed Him.