Welcome to
Shema
Bless the Lord!
Bless the Lord who is worthy
to be praised for all eternity!
Shema Israel, Adonai
Eloheinu, Adonai
Echad.
Baruch shem k’vod
malchuto l’olam va’ed.
Shema
Hear, O Israel, the LORD
our God, the LORD is One!
Blessed be the name of His
glorious kingdom, forever
and ever. Amein.
Shema
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The soldiers took Yeshua away into the
palace, that is, the Roman Governor’s
headquarters, and they summoned the
whole company of 600 soldiers. They
dressed him in purple and plaited a crown
out of thorns and put it on him. They
saluted him, and mocked, “Greetings,
King of the Jews!”
Mark 15:16-20
The Source with Hebraic
adaptation by Rabbi Lutton
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Again and again they kept hitting him
over the head with a stick and spat on
him. Then they got on their knees and
pretended to worship him.
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After they made fun of him, they took off
the purple clothes and put his own ones
back on him, and then took him out to be
crucified.
Then the governor’s soldiers took Yeshua
into the governor’s residence and
gathered the whole company of 600
soldiers around him.
 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe
on him. After they had woven a crown out
of thorns, they put it on his head, and put
a stick in his right hand. They knelt down
in front of him and made fun of him,
saying, “Greetings, King of the Jews!”
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Matthew 27:27-31
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They spat on him and kept hitting him
over the head with the stick.
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After they made fun of him, they took the
robe off, put his clothes back on, and took
him away to be crucified.
As Yeshua was being taken away, they
grabbed Simon, a person from Cyrene.
They put the cross on him and made him
carry it behind
 Yeshua. A large crowd of people followed
Yeshua, including women who were
mourning and crying.
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Luke 23:26-28
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Yeshua turned and said to them,
“Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t cry over
me, cry for yourselves and for your
children, because the time will come when
you’ll say, ‘Happy are women who have
never had children, wombs that were
never pregnant, and breasts that never
breastfed!’
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In those times they will say to the
mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and they will say
to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ If in fact people do
these things when the wood is green,
what will happen when it’s dry?”
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There was a certain person passing by on
his way in from the country. He was from
Cyrene and his name was Simon. He was
the father of Alexander and Rufus. They
conscripted him to carry Yeshua’ cross.
They brought Yeshua to a place named
Golgotha, which means “The Skull Place.”
Mark 15:21-27
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They tried to give him a painkiller of
drugged wine, but he didn’t accept it.
And they crucified him. They divided his
clothes among themselves, casting lots to
see who would get what.
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It was about nine o’clock in the morning
when they crucified him. The inscription
of the charge against him was, “The King
of the Jews.”
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And they crucified two robbers with him –
one on his right side and one on his left.
People who passed by abused him. They
shook their heads and taunted, “Well,
well! So you’re going to destroy the
temple and build it again in three days!
Come down from the cross and save
yourself!”
 In the same way too the chief priests and
the Bible scholars ridiculed him to each
other.
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Luke 23:29-32
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They said, “He saved other people, but he
can’t save himself! If he’s the Anointed
One, Israel’s King, let him get off the
cross right now! We’ll believe it when we
see it!”
On their way out they found a person
from Cyrene, called Simon.
 They conscripted him to carry Yeshua’
cross. When they arrived at a place by the
name of Golgotha, which means “Place of
a Skull”, they gave Yeshua a drink of wine
mixed with a painkiller. After he tasted it,
he wouldn’t drink it.
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Matthew 27:32-38
When they had crucified him they divided
his clothes among them by casting lots.
Then they sat down and kept watch.
Above his head they placed the charge
which read, “This is Yeshua, the King of
the Jews.”
 Two robbers were crucified with him, the
one on his right side and the other on his
left.
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Two others, who were criminals, were
taken with him to be executed. When they
arrived at the place called “Skull”, they
crucified Yeshua there, along with the
criminals – one on his right side, and one
on his left.
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They divided up his clothes by gambling
for them.
Luke 23:33-34
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Yeshua went out to Skull Place (which is
called “Golgotha” in Aramaic). He was
carrying his own cross. They crucified him
in this place with two others – one on
each side and Yeshua in the middle.
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Pilate had a notice inscribed and had it
attached to the cross. The inscription was,
“Yeshua of Nazareth, the King of the
Jews.”
John 19:17-22
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Many of the Jews read the notice, as the
place where Yeshua was crucified was
near the city. The notice was written in
Aramaic, Latin and Greek. The chief
priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Don’t
write, ‘King of the Jews,’ but write that he
claimed he was King of the Jews.”
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Pilate retorted, “What I’ve written, I’ve
written!”
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So the soldiers, when they crucified
Yeshua, took his coat and divided it into
four shares, one for each of them, as well
as the shirt. The shirt was seamless,
woven in one piece from top to bottom.
They said to each other, “Let’s not rip it
up, but let’s draw lots to see who will get
it.”
John 19:23-24
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This happened so that the Scripture would
be fulfilled: “They divided my clothes
among themselves. They cast lots for my
clothes.” So much for what the soldiers
did.
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Yeshua’ mother, his mother’s sister, Mary
the wife of Klopas, and Mary Magdalene
were standing near his cross. When
Yeshua saw his mother and the disciple he
loved standing beside her, he said to his
mother, “Dear lady, this is your son”, and
to the disciple, “This is your mother.”
From then on, the disciple took her into
his own home.
John 19:25-27
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The people who went past abused him,
shaking their heads. They said, “Hey you!
You’re supposed to destroy the temple
and build it in three days, so save
yourself! If you’re the Son of God, get
down from the cross!”
Matthew 27:39-44
In the same way the chief priests along
with the Bible scholars and elders also
mocked, “He saved others, but he can’t
save himself! If he’s the King of Israel, he
can come down from the cross right now
and then we’ll believe him! He trusted
God, so God can rescue him now if he
really wants to! After all, he did say, ‘I am
the Son of God!’” Even the robbers who
were crucified with him taunted him in the
same
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At midday, darkness covered the whole
land until 3 p.m. At 3 p.m. Yeshua cried
out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my
God, why did you desert me?”
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When some of the bystanders heard that,
they said, “He’s calling Elijah!”
Mark 15:33-39
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Then someone ran and filled a sponge
with the soldiers’ issue of wine vinegar,
put it on a stick, and offered it to Yeshua
to drink. “Leave him alone!” the
bystanders exclaimed. “Let’s see if Elijah
comes to take him down!”
But Yeshua released a loud sound and
breathed his last.
 The veil of the temple that separated the
Holy of Holies from the Holy Place was
split in half from top to bottom.
 When the Roman officer in charge of 100
men who was standing there in front of
Yeshua saw how he died, he exclaimed,
“This one really was the Son of God!”
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The crowd standing by looked on. They
sneered at Yeshua and even the rulers did
too. “He saved others,” they mocked, “let
him save himself if he’s really the
Anointed Chosen One of God!”
 The soldiers also poked fun at him. They
offered him the soldiers’ issue of wine
vinegar and said, “If you’re really King of
the Jews, save yourself!”
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Luke 23:35-37
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There was a notice written above him,
with the words, “This is the King of the
Jews.”
One of the two criminals who hung there
hurled insults at him:
 “Aren’t you the Anointed One! Save
yourself, and us too!”
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But the other criminal rebuked him.
“Don’t you respect God?” he asked.
Luke 23:39-43
“You’re under the same sentence yourself!
We’re getting what’s coming to us, and
fair enough too, but this person hasn’t
done anything weird!”
 He continued, “Yeshua, remember me
when you get into your Realm.”
 “Today you will be with me in Paradise,”
Yeshua replied.
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It was now about midday, and darkness
came over the whole land and stayed that
way for about three hours. The sun
stopped shining.
 The veil of the temple was ripped down
the middle. Yeshua called out in a loud
voice, “Father, I commit my spirit into
your hands.”
 After he said this, he breathed his last.
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Luke 23:44-46
From midday until 3 p.m. darkness
covered all the land. About 3 p.m. Yeshua
called out loudly, “Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani?” which means,
 “My God, My God, why have you
abandoned me?”
 When some of the bystanders heard this,
they exclaimed, “He’s calling for Elijah!”
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Matthew 27:45-53
Immediately one of them ran and got a
sponge, filled it with the soldier’s issue of
wine vinegar and put it on a stick, and
offered it to him to drink.
 The rest said, “Leave him alone - let’s see
if Elijah will save him!”
 Yeshua cried again with a loud voice and
gave up the Spirit.
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And the veil of the temple that separated
the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place was
torn in two from top to bottom, and the
earth quaked and the rocks split. The
graves were opened and many of the
bodies of the people devoted to God who
had died were raised up. They came out
of the graves after Yeshua’ resurrection,
and went into the sacred city and
appeared to many.
When the Roman officer in charge of 100
men saw what happened he praised God
and said, “This person certainly was right
with God!”
 When all the spectators saw what
happened, they were very upset and went
back home. But all his close friends,
including the women who had come with
him from Galilee, stood off at a distance,
watching.
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Luke 23:47-49
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The women were watching on from afar.
Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary
(Yeshua and James’ mother – that is, the
short James), and Salome. In Galilee
these women had followed Yeshua and
had
materially provided for him. Lots of other
women who had come up with Yeshua to
Jerusalem were there as well.
Mark 15:40-41
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Now when the Roman officer in charge of
100 men and those with him who were
guarding Yeshua saw the earthquake and
everything that happened, they were
extremely frightened. “This person truly
was the Son of God!” they exclaimed.
Matthew 27:54-61
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Many women were watching from a
distance. They were the women who had
followed Yeshua from Galilee and had
been materially providing for him. Among
them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the
mother of James and Joseph, and the
mother of Zebedee’s sons.
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When early evening came, a rich person
from Arimathea named Joseph arrived. He
too had become a disciple of Yeshua.
Joseph went to Pilate to request Yeshua’
body. As a result, Pilate ordered the body
to be handed over to him.
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When Joseph had taken the body, he
wrapped it in a clean piece of fine linen
and put it in his new tomb which he had
hewn out of the rock. He rolled a large
stone against the door of the tomb, and
left.
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And Mary Magdalene was there, and the
other Mary, sitting in front of the tomb.
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It was the Preparation Day (which is the
day before the Sabbath). That evening,
Joseph of Arimathea, an influential
Council member, who himself was waiting
for God’s Realm, got up the courage and
went to Pilate to ask for Yeshua’ body. But
Pilate was shocked that Yeshua was
already dead so soon.
Mark 15:42-47
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He summoned the Roman officer in
charge of 100 men and asked if Yeshua
had been dead for some time. When he
found out the facts from the Roman
officer in charge of 100 men, he
presented the corpse to Joseph.
Joseph brought a piece of fine new linen.
He took him down and wrapped him in
the piece of fine new linen. Then he put
him in a tomb that had been quarried out
of rock. He rolled a stone closely up
against the entrance of the tomb.
 Mary Magdalene and Mary (Yeshua’
mother) took careful note of the location
he was put.
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There was a man named Joseph, a
member of the High Council, an honest
civic benefactor who had not agreed with
their decisions and actions. He came from
the Judean town of Arimathea, and he
was waiting eagerly for God’s Realm.
Luke 23:50-54
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He went to Pilate and asked for Yeshua’
body. Then he took it down from the
cross, wrapped it in linen and placed it in
a tomb cut into the rock. No one had ever
been put into this tomb. It was
Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was
about to begin.
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The women who had come with Yeshua
from Galilee followed Joseph and looked
at the tomb and how his body was laid in
it. Then they went back and prepared
spices and perfumed oils.
Luke 23:55-56
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On the next day, the day after the Day of
Preparation, the chief priests and
Pharisees went as a group to Pilate. They
said, “Sir, we remembered that when he
was still alive, that imposter said, ‘I am to
rise after three days.’
Matthew 27:62-66
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So please order that the tomb be secured
until the third day, in case his disciples
come and steal him, and tell the people,
‘He has risen from among the dead.’ Then
this case of fraud will be worse than the
first!”
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“You may have guards,” Pilate replied.
“Off you go, make it as secure as you
can.”
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They went away and sealed the stone,
and secured the tomb by posting guards.
After this Yeshua, knowing that
everything had already happened in order
for the Scripture to be fulfilled, said, “I’m
thirsty.”
 There was a jar of the soldier’s standard
issue of wine-vinegar standing there, so
they soaked a sponge with it and put the
sponge on the stalk of a hyssop plant, and
lifted it to Yeshua’ mouth. When Yeshua
had taken the wine-vinegar, he said, “It
has been finished,” and gave up his spirit.
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John 19:28-30
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Now it was the Day of Preparation, and
the next day was an important Sabbath.
The Jews didn’t want the bodies left on
the crosses on the Sabbath day, so they
asked Pilate to have the legs broken and
the bodies taken down.
John 19:31-34
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So the soldiers came and broke the legs
of the first person crucified with Yeshua,
and then those of the other, but when
they came to Yeshua they found that he
was already dead, so they didn’t break his
legs. Instead, one of the soldiers stuck a
spear in Yeshua’ side, and immediately
blood and water poured out.
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And he who saw it has given evidence
about it, and his evidence is correct. He
knows that he tells the truth, and he tells
it so that you will believe too. These
things happened so that the Scriptures
would be fulfilled, “Not one of his bones
will be broken,” and as another Scripture
says, “They will look at the One they have
pierced.”
John 19:35-37
 And
in conclusion: