Story 40: Jesus Is Crucified

Comprehension Questions and Answers

1. When the soldiers led Jesus away to crucify him, what did they make him carry? *They made him carry the cross on which he would die. [40-01]
2. What was the name of the place where Jesus was crucified? *The Skull. [40-02]
3. How did the soldiers attach Jesus to the cross? *They nailed his hands and feet to the cross. [40-02]
4. What did Jesus pray concerning the people who were crucifying him? *“Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.” [40-02]
5. What was written on the sign above Jesus’ head? *King of the Jews. [40-02]
6. How did the soldiers divide up Jesus' clothes? *They gambled for his clothing as had been prophesied. [40-03]
7. What did the robber who did not mock Jesus ask him to do? *He asked Jesus to remember him in his kingdom. [40-04]
8. What was Jesus’ answer to the request of the robber? *“Today, you will be with me in Paradise.” [40-04]
9. What did the crowd want Jesus to do to prove that he was the Son of God? *They told him to come down from the cross and save himself. [40-05]
10. What unusual thing happened in the sky in the middle of the day? *It became completely dark from noon until 3:00 in the afternoon. [40-06]
11. What were the last words Jesus cried out from the cross? *“It is finished! Father, I give my spirit into your hands.” [40-07]
12. What miraculous things happened immediately after Jesus died? *There was an earthquake and the large curtain in the Temple was torn in two. [40-07]
13. What did Jesus accomplish through his death? *Jesus opened a way for people to come to God. [40-08]
14. Who asked Pilate for Jesus’ body? *Joseph and Nicodemus. [40-09]
15. What did they do with the body? *They wrapped the body in cloth and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock, and then rolled a large stone in front of the tomb. [40-09]

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