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|[pic] |Jesus was a popular preacher who spoke up for the poor, the weak and the ill. When |

| |Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, crowds of people greeted him. They laid palm leaves in his|

| |path. The Roman leaders were worried that Jesus was becoming too popular and would |

| |turn people against them. |

|During his life, Jesus preached about the teachings of his father, God. He asked people to be generous to each other, to be humble, and to take care |

|of the weak, poor or ill. He was helped by twelve close friends called his disciples. Jesus became popular with many people, particularly the poor, |

|who started to call him ‘King of the Israelites’ or ‘King of the Jews’. His popularity was so great that when he arrived at Jerusalem for the Jewish |

|feast of Passover, he was greeted by crowds of people who laid palm leaves in his path. |

|Although Jesus’ message was peaceful, many people despised him – the Roman and Jewish rulers, the rich money lenders and the tax collectors were all |

|threatened by the message that he preached. They planned to capture Jesus and offered some silver coins to one of his disciples, Judas, if he would |

|help them. |

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|[pic] |Jesus shared a meal with his 12 friends – the disciples. At the meal, which is now |

| |called 'The Last Supper', he told his friends that he would not be with them much |

| |longer and was returning to his father in heaven. He said that one of them would |

| |betray him to the Romans. |

|That night, Jesus shared a meal with his 12 disciples. At this meal, he told his friends that he wouldn't be with them for much longer – that he |

|would soon return to his father in heaven. The disciples did not believe him, but Jesus explained that one of them would betray him (he meant Judas, |

|but did not say his name). Jesus also predicted that his closest friend, Peter, would disown him in his time of need. Jesus insisted that as the sun |

|rose, and before the cockerel crowed, Peter would pretend not to know him – not just once, but three times! |

|Jesus gave the disciples bread and wine to remember him by, telling them that these things represented his body and his blood. This meal became known|

|as ‘The Last Supper’. |

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| |As Jesus had said, he was betrayed by his friend, Judas. Roman soldiers arrested Jesus|

| |soon after the meal. The disciples tried to defend him but Jesus insisted that he |

| |wanted no violence. He was led away. |

|After the meal, the disciples and Jesus walked together in an olive tree garden at Gethsemane. Jesus left the group to pray. As he was finishing his |

|prayers, a group of soldiers entered the garden, searching for him. Judas had agreed that he would kiss Jesus on the cheek as a signal to the |

|soldiers, showing them who to arrest. As the soldiers moved to seize Jesus, the disciples tried to defend him, cutting off the ear of one of the |

|soldiers. Jesus told them to stop, insisting that he did not want violence. He healed the soldier’s ear by touching it. |

|As the night came to an end and Jesus was taken away, the disciples were questioned. Just as Jesus had predicted, Peter did disown him – he told the |

|soldiers that he was a stranger to Jesus, ensuring that he, himself, wasn't arrested. |

|[pic] |The Roman leaders were not sure that they should kill Jesus. They were worried that |

| |his followers would cause trouble for them. Jesus may have been released, but the |

| |crowd that had gathered expected his death. Jesus was killed by crucifixion. |

|After Jesus’ arrest, he was questioned by priests. They accused him of pretending to be a king and the son of God. Jesus did not argue, but let them |

|have their say. The priests were angry that he would not give them the answers they wished to hear. |

|Finally, they decided that Jesus should be sent to the Roman governor, a man called Pontius Pilate. He would decide Jesus' fate! Pontius Pilate was |

|worried that ordering Jesus' death would stir up trouble. It is said that he washed his hands, as a way of showing that he would not be responsible |

|for the decision. However, many people were calling for Jesus to be crucified. Like all others sentenced to death by crucifixion, Jesus was nailed to|

|a cross and left to die a long, painful death. His body was then taken down and released to his friends, who placed it in a closed tomb. |

|[pic] |After his death, Jesus was placed in a tomb. A large rock was put in front of it. One |

| |of his friends, Mary, visited and found the tomb open. Jesus appeared to her and told |

| |her not to be scared. He wanted her to tell his disciples that he had risen again. |

|A large rock was rolled in front of the entrance to protect the tomb from interference by thieves or wild animals. The disciples and other friends of|

|Jesus were saddened by what had happened and ashamed that they had not been able to prevent it. They grieved for him and some came to visit the tomb.|

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|On the third day after his death, one of these friends, called Mary Magdalene, visited the tomb. Mary found that the rock across the entrance had |

|been moved and that Jesus’ body was no longer there. An angel appeared, followed shortly after by Jesus himself. He told Mary not to worry and to |

|spread the word about his resurrection. |

|[pic] |Jesus appeared to more of his disciples. He showed them his scars but told them not to|

| |be sad. He wanted them to become apostles, which meant that they should go and spread |

| |the word of God. After 40 days, he rose to heaven and wasn't seen again. |

|Over the following weeks, Jesus met some of the disciples, telling them to become apostles, and to spread his message far and wide. One of the |

|disciples, called Thomas, did not believe that Jesus could live again after being killed. Jesus appeared to him and Thomas was finally convinced by |

|touching the wounds that Jesus received when he was crucified. Another meeting was at the Sea of Galilee, and also on a mountain nearby. Each time, |

|Jesus encouraged his friends to be strong and to keep believing in God. |

|After forty days, Jesus was never seen again. He had completed his work and had joined his father, God, in heaven. His apostles carried out his |

|wishes, teaching people about the ‘Christian’ God. More and more people believed them. They started a new religion, called Christianity, and over |

|many hundreds of years, Jesus’ teachings were spread across the world. |

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