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Readers Theater - Golgotha
Based on Luke 23:26-38
by Dr. Ralph F. WilsonOther online lessons from Luke | Lessons in book format
READER 1 | As they led him away, |
READER 2 | away from Pilate's judgment hall, |
READER 3 | away from the soldiers' mocking |
READER 2 | and lacerating scourge |
READER 3 | and began the journey from the Praetorium to the place of execution. |
READER 1 | Jesus begins to carry his cross-beam, |
READER 2 | But stumbles and falls |
READER 3 | stumbles and falls |
READER 1 | Weak from blood loss |
READER 2 | Too weak to carry the heavy beam on his own bloody shoulders. |
READER 1 | They seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, |
READER 2 | and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. |
READER 1 | Jesus in front |
READER 2 | Followed by Simon |
READER 3 | Carrying Jesus' cross. |
READER 1 | A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. |
READER 2 | Weeping |
READER 3 | Mourning |
READER 2 | Wailing |
READER 3 | Crying |
READER 1 | Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. |
READER 2 | Weep for yourselves |
READER 3 | And for your children |
READER 1 | For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' |
READER 2 | Blessed are the childless |
READER 3 | For their children will not suffer the horror that is to come. |
READER 1 | Then " 'they will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" |
READER 2 | And to the hills, "Cover us!" ' |
READER 1 | For if men do these things when the tree is green, |
READER 3 | what will happen when it is dry?" |
READER 1 | Green wood has a tough time burning |
READER 2 | But dry wood supports a blazing fire |
READER 1 | If such a horror is visited upon innocent Jesus in the streets of Jerusalem |
READER 3 | How great a horror will be visited upon guilty Jerusalem? |
READER 1 | Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. |
READER 2 | Two other men |
READER 3 | Both criminals |
READER 2 | Thieves |
READER 3 | Robbers |
READER 1 | Followed in the procession to the killing place. |
READER 2 | Golgotha |
READER 3 | Called "the place of the Skull" |
READER 1 | When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals--one on his right, the other on his left. |
READER 2 | They nailed his hands |
READER 3 | They nailed his feet |
READER 1 | And stretched him out upon a cross, |
READER 2 | Suspended between sky and earth |
READER 3 | To die a tortured death |
READER 2 | To die |
READER 3 | A tortured death |
READER 1 | Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." |
READER 2 | Father |
READER 3 | Father |
READER 2 | Forgive them |
READER 3 | Forgive them |
READER 2 | For they do not know what they are doing. |
READER 1 | And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. |
READER 2 | They gambled for his bloody garments that remained. |
READER 3 | To the victor go the paltry spoils. |
READER 1 | The people stood watching, |
READER 2 | And the rulers even sneered at him. |
READER 1 | They said, "He saved others; |
READER 2 | let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One." |
READER 1 | The soldiers also came up and mocked him. |
READER 2 | They offered him wine vinegar |
READER 1 | and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself." |
READER 2 | "If you are the king of the Jews, |
READER 3 | save yourself." |
READER 1 | There was a written notice above him, which read: |
READER 2 | this is the king of the Jews. |
READER 1 | This is the King |
READER 2 | This is the King of the Jews |
READER 3 | This is the King ... |
ALL | Of us all. |
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