Jesus rescued us on the cross! How amazing! It didn’t look amazing to the ones who witnessed the crucifixion. As his body was taken from the cross and placed in a tomb, everyone was so sad. It seemed that all was lost. All the good that Jesus came to do was over. He was dead. They buried him in a tomb. Little did His friends know what would happen in a short time. Jesus would come busting out of the tomb, alive and well. His Father God would raise him from the dead. That is why we celebrate Easter. He made a way for us to have a relationship with God. And that is why we can be part of the family of God! The world may celebrate Easter with bunnies and eggs, but we get to celebrate Easter with new life in Christ and being part of God’s family. One of the best benefits of what Jesus did for us is that we can have total and complete relationship and friendship with God. We become friends and family! Framily! Jesus circle of friends got bigger when Jesus came out of the grave. His family keeps getting bigger as we tell our friends about the wonderful relationship with Jesus that we have, and they accept Him as their Lord and Savior. There is no more need to be sad anymore either. Jesus can bring them joy!
31 Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. 35 And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe. 36 For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus. 39 And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.
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