Final Admonitions and Warnings
1. Last Words of Comfort
2. Farewell Personal Admonitions
In Gethsemane
1. The Last Group Prayer
2. Last Hour Before the Betrayal
3. Alone in Gethsemane
The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
1. The Father's Will
2. Judas in the City
3. The Master's Arrest
4. Discussion at the Olive Press 73
5. On the Way to the High Priest's Place
Before the Sanhedrin Court
1. Examination by Annas
2. Peter in the Courtyard
3. Before the Court of Sanhedrists
4. The Hour of Humiliation
5. The Second Meeting of the Court
The Trial before Pilate
1. Pontius Pilate 110
2. Jesus Appears before Pilate
3. The Private Examination by Pilate
4. Jesus before Herod
5. Jesus Returns to Pilate
6. Pilate's Last Appeal
7. Pilate's Last Interview 138
8. Pilate's Tragic Surrender
Just Before the Crucifixion
1. The End of Judas Iscariot
2. The Master's Attitude
3. The Dependable David Zebedee
4. Preparation for the Crucifixion
5. Jesus' Death in Relation to the Passover
The Crucifixion
1. On the Way to Golgotha
2. The Crucifixion
3. Those Who Saw the Crucifixion
4. The Thief on the Cross
5. Last Hour on the Cross 184
6. After the Crucifixion
The Time of the Tomb
1. The Burial of Jesus
2. Safeguarding the Tomb
3. During the Sabbath Day
4. Meaning of the Death on the Cross
5. Lessons from the Cross
About the Author: If man cannot otherwise appreciate Jesus and understand the meaning of his bestowal on earth, he can at least comprehend the fellowship of his mortal sufferings. No man can ever fear that the Creator does not know the nature or extent of his temporal afflictions. We know that the death on the cross was not to effect man's reconciliation to God but to stimulate man's realization of the Father's eternal love and his Son's unending mercy, and to broadcast these universal truths to a whole universe. In answering Nathaniel's question, Jesus said: "Yes, I will tell you about the times when this people shall have filled up the cup of their iniquity; when justice shall swiftly descend upon this city of our fathers. I am about to leave you; I go to the Father. After I leave you, take heed that no man deceive you, for many will come as deliverers and will lead many astray. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled, for though all these things will happen, the end of Jerusalem is not yet at hand. You should not be perturbed by famines or earthquakes; neither should you be concerned when you are delivered up to the civil authorities and are persecuted for the sake of the gospel. You will be thrown out of the synagogue and put in prison for my sake, and some of you will be killed. When you are brought up before governors and rulers, it shall be for a testimony of your faith and to show your steadfastness in the gospel of the kingdom. And when you stand before judges, be not anxious beforehand as to what you should say, for the spirit will teach you in that very hour what you should answer your adversaries. In these days of travail, even your own kinsfolk, under the leadership of those who have rejected the Son of Man, will deliver you up to prison and death. For a time you may be hated by all men for my sake, but even in these persecutions I will not forsake you; my spirit will not desert you. Be patient! doubt not that this gospel of the kingdom will triumph over all enemies and, eventually, be proclaimed to all nations."
