No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.

By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’

Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.

But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.

During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted.

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.

Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

John wore a garment made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.

“Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”