The Gospel of John Chapter 19, verses 17- 30
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Listening Practice:

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So they took of Jesus.

17 He went out, carrying his cross, and came to "The Place of the ," as it is called. (In Hebrew it is called "Golgotha.")

18 There they crucified him; and they also crucified other men, one on each side, with Jesus between them.

19 Pilate wrote a and had it put on the cross. "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews," is what he wrote.

20 Many read it, because the place where Jesus was crucified was not far from the city. The notice was written in Hebrew, , and Greek.

21 The chief priests said to Pilate, "Do not write 'The of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am the King of the Jews.' "

22 "What I have written written ."

23 After the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and them into four parts, one part for each soldier. They also took the robe, which was made of one piece of cloth without any seams in it.

24 The soldiers said to one another, "Let's not it; let's throw dice to see who will get it." This happened in order to make the scripture come true: "They divided my clothes among themselves and for my robe." And this is what the soldiers did.

25 Standing to Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

26 Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved there; "He is your son."

27 Then he said to the disciple, "She is your mother." From that time the disciple took her to live in his .

28 Jesus knew that by now everything had been ; and in order to make the scripture come true, he said, "I am thirsty."

29 A bowl was there, full of cheap wine; so a was soaked in the wine, put on a of hyssop, and lifted up to his lips.

30 Jesus drank the wine... , "It is finished!" Then he his head and gave up his spirit.

Matching exercise: Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right:

  1. tear
  2. sponge
  3. woven
  4. stalk
  5. Latin
  6. bow
  7. gamble
  8. skull
  • a. to bend your head or to bend at the waist
  • b. the bone part of the head
  • c. to play games of chance that include the risk of losing money or other things
  • d. to pull apart
  • e. the language of the Romans
  • f. put together by weaving
  • g. a stem of a plant
  • h. a water animal with many holes in its skeleton and bodily tissues. After it has died, it or a similar-looking piece of cellulose can be used to take up liquid or used for cleaning

Completion exercise: Complete these sentences with words from the exercise above: (Hint: you may need to change the form of the word.)

  1. After completing her show the singer to the audience.
  2. Lions at the zebra's flesh.
  3. That cloth is finely .
  4. The scientists used the dead animal's to estimate its age.
  5. Get a ; I spilled some juice.
  6. He at the casino every weekend.
  7. Children like the story of Jack and the bean .
  8. was spoken throughout the Roman Empire.

Comprehension and discussion questions: Discuss these questions in your group or with a partner.

  1. How many people were crucified?
  2. Where was the place they were crucified?
  3. What languages were the notices written in? Why?
  4. How many soldiers crucified Jesus?
  5. What happened to Jesus' robe?
  6. Who took care of Jesus' mother for the rest of her life?
  7. What was Jesus given to drink?
  8. What were Jesus' last words from the cross?
  9. What did the words mean?
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