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Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Colin Louva. 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. In today's Spotlight,
we tell the second part of the Easter

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story. In an earlier program,
we told how a large crowd of people

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cheered joyfully for Jesus as he entered
the city of Jerusalem. They were excited

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because they had heard about jesus great
teaching and miracles. Then Jesus ate a

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special meal with his followers called disciples, but one of his disciples betrayed him.

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The disciple told the religious leaders where
they could find Jesus. The religious

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leaders did not like jesus teachings or
his popularity, so they brought him to

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the governor, the area's Roman leader. The people demanded that the governor sentence

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Jesus to death, so he did. This is where part two of our

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story begins. After the governor sentenced
Jesus to death, Roman soldiers took him

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away. They laughed at him.
Jesus claimed he was the king of the

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Jews. Now the soldiers made a
crown out of a plant with sharp thorns.

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They pushed the crown on Jesus's head
and laughed at him. Ha,

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yes, now you look like a
king. Let's worship our new king.

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Ha ha ha, yes, we
onny you king of the Jews. The

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soldiers spat on him and beat him. Then they made him carry a large

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cross. It was made of two
pieces of wood and it was extremely heavy.

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Crowds of people gathered in the streets
to watch Jesus carry the cross.

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Finally, Jesus and the soldiers arrived
at a place called Golgatha. This is

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where the government often executed criminals.
The Roman soldiers nailed Jesus to the cross.

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They put small sharp pieces of metal
through his hands and feet. The

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nails held Jesus in place as soldiers
lifted the cross to stand. Jesus enemies

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stood under the cross. They laughed
at Jesus and mocked him. So are

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you really a king? Save yourself? Then, if you are really the

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son of God, come down from
that cross and say yourself, yes,

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come down, then we will believe
in you. But Jesus knew that in

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order to save God's people, he
had to die. He was a perfect

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man, he had never sinned,
but he was not just a man,

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he was also God. Jesus knew
he must suffer to pay for the sins

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of all humans. If he did, all people would be free from the

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punishment they deserved death. He looked
at the people below him, laughing at

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him. He cried out, Father, God, forgive them. They do

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not know what they are doing.
For hours, Jesus hung on the cross.

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He experienced great torture. But finally
he knew that it was his time

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to die. He cried out again, Father, I give my spirit into

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your hands. After he said this, he died. At this moment,

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miracles happened through the city. There
was an earthquake, rocks split, an

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important curtain in the temple split.
Jesus was dead. It was almost night

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time. Jesus followers wanted to prepare
his body to be buried. A few

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men and women asked the governor for
jesus body. He gave it to them.

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They covered jesus body in clean cloths. Then they put his body into

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a stone burial tomb. They rolled
a large stone in front of the tomb

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to close it. Jesus was buried
a few days later, two women visited

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Jesus' tomb. They were Jesus followers
Mary and Mary Magdalene, They had come

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to mourn. As they walked,
they wondered how they would enter the tomb.

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Who will roll away the stone for
us? It is much too big

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for us to move ourselves. Yes, if we cannot move the stone,

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we cannot see Jesus body. But
when they arrived, they felt the earth

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shake. They saw that the stone
in front of the tomb was gone.

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They went into the tomb. They
looked around. They saw a man,

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but it was not Jesus. This
man looked like he was dressed in light.

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The women were so afraid that they
could not speak. But the man

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said, do not be afraid.
I know you are looking for Jesus,

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who died on the cross. He
is not here. He is alive.

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He has risen from the dead.
Come look for yourselves. The women were

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afraid, but also filled with joy. The man continued, Go go quickly

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and tell his disciples that Jesus is
alive. You will see him soon.

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The women immediately left to find the
disciples. They ran to where some of

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the disciples were What are you doing, Mary, Why are you running?

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You look frightened? He is alive? What? Who? Who are you

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talking about Jesus. His tomb is
empty. He is gone alive. A

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man was there, a man like
I have never seen. He told us

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that Jesus is alive. This cannot
be true. Some of the disciples ran

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to see the empty tomb with their
own eyes. They found it empty,

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just as the women had said.
Over the next weeks, Jesus met with

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all of his disciples. The disciples
could not believe what they were seeing.

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They had seen Jesus die, they
had buried him, but he was here

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now. They felt Jesus' hands and
feet, They felt where the metal nails

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had gone through his skin into the
cross. They ate meals with him.

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He was alive. Jesus explained everything
to them. He said, I have

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done everything that I came to do. Prophets from long ago said that Christ

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would suffer and then rise again on
the third day, and because of this,

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all people on earth can be forgiven
of their sins. You are witnesses

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to everything that I have done.
After about a month, Jesus returned to

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heaven, but before he left,
he told his disciples to tell everyone about

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what had happened. He said,
all authority in heaven and on earth is

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mine. So go to the people
of all nations. Make them my disciples,

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Baptize them in the name of the
Father, the Son, and the

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Holy Spirit. Teach them everything I
have told you. I will be with

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you always until the end of time. Since this time, this is what

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the followers of Jesus do. They
spread the good news of Jesus death and

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resurrection, the story of how he
came to life after death. During Easter,

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Christians remember this great miracle Christ Jesus
died and rose to life again.

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He forgave people from their sins.
Hallelujah, Praise and thanks to God.

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The writer of this program was Liz
Wade. The producer was Mark Drength.

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This telling of the Easter Story is
based on the Book of Matthew in the

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Christian Bible. You can listen to
this program again on the internet at www

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

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