Bible Blossom - Storyteller's Handbook

H OLY W EEK : T HE P ASSION OF C H R I S T • 205

Plot

Introduction and Rising Action 1. Jesus is crucified in the middle of two criminals. 2. He asks his Father to forgive the soldiers, because they do

not understand what they are doing. 3. The soldiers continue to mock Jesus.

Climax 4. As he is suffering on the cross, one of the criminals begins to mock him as well. 5. The other criminal stops him saying that Jesus has done nothing wrong to deserve this punishment. 6. He asks Jesus to remember him when he comes into his Kingdom. Falling Action and Resolution 7. Jesus tells the repentant criminal that today, he would be with him in paradise.

Old Testament Foundation: Pictures of Christ’s Sacrifice

The Bronze Serpent, Numbers 21.4-9 As Moses lifted up the bronze serpent in the wilderness, so Jesus was lifted up on the cross for the healing of God’s people.

The Lamb on the Altar, Deuteronomy 16.1-8

The Blood on the Doorposts, Exodus 12.7-13 (p. 68)

As the spotless lamb is slaughtered, and the children of Israel are saved by its blood, so too Christ our spotless Passover lamb has been slain and his blood redeems us from death.