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Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Colin Louvera. Spotlight uses a special English method of

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broadcasting. It is easier for people
to understand no matter where in the world

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they live. A crowd of people
welcomes a man into their city. They

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cheer and praise him as he enters
the city gates. But soon this same

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crowd will call for this man's death. He will die, but his death

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is not the end of the story. In fact, it will begin a

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new story, the story of a
miracle for all people. Christians around the

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world celebrate this event at Easter.
Every spring, Christians remember and retell this

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story. Today, Spotlight tells the
Easter story. The story begins about two

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thousand years ago in the city of
Jerusalem in the ancient Roman province of Palestine.

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It is the Jewish holiday of Passover. During this holiday, the people

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remember how God led them out of
slavery hundreds of years before. Many Jewish

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people gather in Jerusalem to celebrate the
Passover miracle. On this day, a

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man named Jesus and his followers were
preparing to enter the city to celebrate Passover.

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Jesus was a great prophet and teacher. He performed many miracles and taught

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people how to live good lives.
Jesus said he was sent from God.

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He had come to save all people
from the effects of their sins. Many

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people loved Jesus, but many religious
leaders did not. The things Jesus said

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and did made the leaders angry.
They believed that only God could do the

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things Jesus spoke about. When Jesus
arrived in Jerusalem, he was riding on

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a simple donkey, but the people
welcomed him like a king. They spread

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their coats on the ground in front
of jesus donkey. They took palm tree

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leaves and laid them in the donkey's
path. They cheered and shouted, was

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it is the son of David Hofanna
friends Hosanna in the highest heaven less.

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It is he who comes in the
name of the More. Jesus continued riding

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until he reached the Great Temple.
During Passover, people are supposed to offer

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sacrifices to God, but inside the
temple people were not praying and sacrificing.

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They were buying and selling things.
They had made it a market place.

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Jesus became angry, and he turned
over some of the tables. He told

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the people. The temple was for
worshiping God, not making money. After

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this, the religious leaders decided they
needed to silence Jesus. He was making

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trouble for them. Over the next
few days, Jesus continued teaching about God

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and performing miracles, but someone was
about to betray Jesus. It was one

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of his own followers or disciples.
The disciple's name was Judas. One night,

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Judas went to the religious leaders.
As he came near, they said,

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we know you. You are Judas. You are a follower of Jesus,

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troublemaker. What are you doing here? I have a deal for you.

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What will you give me if I
give Jesus to you? You cannot

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be serious? Are you telling us
the truth? Can it be that easy?

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Yes? What will you give me
if I do it? The religious

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leaders agreed to pay Judas thirty silver
coins to betray Jesus. On the first

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night of the Passover feast, Jesus
and the disciples gathered to eat a meal

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together. As they were eating,
Jesus told them that one of them would

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betray him. The disciples all became
very sad. They asked who it would

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be, but Jesus did not tell
them. Then Jesus took some bread from

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the table. He thanked God for
it. Then he broke the bread into

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pieces. He gave the pieces of
bread to his disciples. He said,

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take this and eat it. This
is a symbol of my body. Then

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Jesus took a cup of wine from
the table. Again he thanked God for

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it. Then he passed the cup
to each of his disciples and said,

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all of you, drink from this
cup. This is a symbol of my

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blood. It is a symbol of
the promise between God and humans. It

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is poured out to forgive the sins
of many people. After I die,

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you should do these things to remember
me. The disciples did all that Jesus

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told them to do. They did
not know what Jesus was talking about,

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but they sang a song of praise
to God. Then they went out of

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the house. After the meal,
Jesus and his followers traveled to a place

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called Gethsemone. Here Jesus prayed to
God. Jesus knew Judas would betray him.

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He knew he would die and that
it would be a painful death.

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Jesus did not want to experience a
painful death, but he knew that his

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death would save people. Jesus had
lived a perfect life. He had never

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sinned, but he chose to die
to save people from the results of their

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sin. For an hour, Jesus
prayed to God. He pleaded with God,

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my father, God, if it
is possible, take this suffering away

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from me, but let what you
want be done, not what I want.

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After praying, Jesus returned to his
disciples, but he found them sleeping.

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He seemed angry with them and asked
them to keep watch. Again and

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again, Jesus left the group to
pray alone. After praying, he returned

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again to his disciples, and again
he found them sleeping. He went back

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to pray a third time, but
when he returned the third time, he

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called to the disciples, are you
still sleeping and resting? Look? The

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time is near. Get up,
let's go. Here comes the man who

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will betray me. Judas arrived with
a large crowd carrying weapons. The crowd

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did not know which man was Jesus, so Judas told them he would kisses

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Jesus to identify him. Judas saw
Jesus, he went to Jesus and said,

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greetings, Jesus. He gave Jesus
a kiss, Jesus answered him,

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friend, do what you came to
do. Three soldiers from the crowd arrested

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Jesus. He went with them peacefully. His disciples ran away. Soon after

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his arrest, Jesus stood before the
governor. This Roman leader would decide Jesus's

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punishment. The religious leaders told the
governor that Jesus was causing trouble. They

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told him that Jesus thought he was
the king. The governor did not know

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what to do. He knew Jesus
was innocent, but it seemed like the

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people wanted Jesus dead. He stood
in front of the crowd of people.

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He asked them, what do you
want me to do with this innocent man?

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What do you want me to do
to Jesus? But what has he

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done? CROs So, the governor
gave the crowd what they wanted. He

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sentenced Jesus to death, death on
a cross. This is not the end

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of the story. Jesus would face
death, but what makes this story so

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important to Christians? Listen to part
two to hear what happens next. The

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writer of this program was Liz Wade. The producer was Mark Drenth. This

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telling of the Easter story is based
on the Book of Matthew in the Christian

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Bible. You can listen to this
program again on the Internet at www dot

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Radio English dot net. This program
is called The Easter Story Part One.

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We hope you can join us again
for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye,