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H OLY W EEK : T HE P ASSION OF C H R I S T • 203

• Jesus • Pilate • Roman soldiers • John • Mary and two other women

Major Characters

Plot

Introduction and Rising Action 1. Jesus carries his cross to Golgotha, where he will be crucified. 2. Pilate writes an inscription to put on the cross, “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.” Climax 3. The Roman soldiers crucify Jesus 4. In fulfillment of Scripture, they gamble over his tunic. 5. From the cross, Jesus appoints John to care for his mother, Mary. Falling Action and Resolution 6. After receiving a drink of sour wine, Jesus declares, “It is finished,” and he dies.

Old Testament Foundation: Jesus’s Death Foreshadowed

The Scapegoat, Leviticus 16.20-21 As all the sin of Israel is laid on the scapegoat, so all of our iniquities are laid on Christ.

Abraham Sacrificing Isaac, Genesis 22.1-19 (p. 58) The Lord stayed Abraham’s hand before he killed his beloved son, Isaac, and provided a ram as a substitute. God the Father put forward his own beloved Son as our substitute and stayed the hand of his own wrath against human sin.