Páscoa
A Páscoa é a celebração suprema da redenção. Do cordeiro pascal no Egito ao Cordeiro de Deus que tira o pecado do mundo, ela aponta para o sacrifício e a vitória de Cristo.
A caminhada para a cruz
Jesus entrou em Jerusalém como Rei humilde, e a multidão o aclamou. Ele sabia do sofrimento que viria, mas caminhou em obediência até o fim.
9 and the multitudes, they who were going before him and they who were following after, were crying aloud, sayingHosanna! to the Son of David, Blessed is he that is coming in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.
25 Ah now, Yahweh, do save, we beseech thee, Ah now, Yahweh, do send success, we beseech thee!26 Blessed be he that entereth, In the Name of Yahweh, we have blessed you, out of the house of Yahweh.
9 Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion, Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo! thy king, cometh unto thee, vindicated and victorious, is he,lowly, and riding upon an ass, yea, upon a colt, a young ass.
18 Lo! we are going up unto Jerusalem; and, the Son of Man, will be delivered up unto the chief-priests and Scribes, and they will condemn him, to death ,19 And deliver him up unto the nations, to mock and to scourge and to crucify,and, on the third day, he will, arise.
A paixão de Cristo
Jesus foi zombado, açoitado e crucificado. Ele orou no Getsêmani e entregou sua vida voluntariamente, dizendo: 'Está consumado!'
28 and, unclothing him, a scarlet scarf, put they about him,29 and, plaiting a crown out of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand,and, kneeling before him, began to mock him, sayingJoy to thee, King of the Jews!
37 And they put up, over his head, his accusation, writtenTHIS, IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
36 and was sayingAbba! O Father! All things, are possible to thee: Bear aside this cup from me; but not what, I, will, but what, thou, .
46 And, calling out with a loud voice, Jesus saidFather! into thy hands, I commend my spirit. And, this, saying, he ceased to breathe.
30 When, therefore, he had received the vinegar, Jesus saidIt is finished! And, bowing his head, delivered up his spirit.
A ressurreição gloriosa
Ele não está aqui — ressuscitou! O túmulo vazio é a prova de que a morte foi derrotada e Cristo vive para sempre.
5 But the messenger, answering, said unto the womenBe not, ye, afraid! For I know that, Jesus the crucified, ye are seeking:6 He is not here, for he hath arisen, as he said. Come! see the place where he lay;
6 But, he, saith unto themBe not alarmed! Jesus, ye are seeking, the Nazarene, the crucified: He hath arisen! he is not here,See! the place where they laid him!
6 Remember how he spake unto you while yet he was in Galilee:7 Saying, as to the Son of Man, that he must needs be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified,and, on the third day, arise.
8 Then, entered, therefore, the other disciple also, who had come first unto the tomb, and he saw and believed.9 For, not yet, knew they the Scripture, that he must needs, from among the dead, arise.