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YOUNG CHRONICLE

November 28th, 2014

The Story of Jesus (Continued)
Jesus also started spreading teachings of the god, as he was the son of god. It was when Jesus
appeared in his true form, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright white, and
a voice from the clouds said, "This is my Son, with him I am well pleased; listen to him" with this,
his followers’ faith in Jesus being the son of god was confirmed.
Just a few days before his death, Jesus rode a donkey to Jerusalem (In Israel now). People were
very excited and welcomed him to Jerusalem. However, the authorities were not happy with the
visit.
As soon as Jesus entered Jerusalem, he visited a temple and found that the temple had become a
commercial place, so Jesus fired the money changers from the temple. This further increased the
differences amongst the authorities and Jesus.
Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve followers of Jesus,
approached the Jewish elders and struck a deal with
them, in which he took to betray Jesus and hand him
over to the authorities for a reward of thirty silver
coins.
Soon, a huge dinner gathering was held, called the
Last Supper. After the Last Supper, Jesus, with his
followers, took a walk to pray in a garden. Judas
appeared in the garden, accompanied by a crowd that
included the Jewish priests and elders and people with
weapons. The crowd then arrested Jesus.
After his arrest, Jesus was taken to a court. The Jewish elders
ask the Roman governor Pontius Pilate to judge and condemn
Jesus, accusing him of claiming to be the King of the Jews.
Pilate, announced that Jesus was not guilty. But the court had a
strange custom. Pilate gave the people a choice between Jesus
and a murderer called Barabbas, to be released. Influenced by
the authorities, the crowd chose to release Barabbas and crucify
Jesus. Thus Jesus was pinned to a cross and buried.

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Jesus is said to have been Crucified on Good Friday. It is said
that a huge rock had been placed above Jesus’ tomb. But on the
Sunday after his burial, the stone had rolled away and the tomb
was open. Jesus was not in the tomb. Jesus is said to have
reappeared before some chosen people and his disciples. On this
day, people rejoiced and celebrated. This day is known as
Easter. After this day, many did come across more miracles
from Jesus.

Why is Christmas also called Xmas?
Well, we all know that Christmas comes from Christ-Mass, the church service on the birth of Jesus. In the Greek alphabet,
the letter Chi, looks like X (It’s pronounced as ‘kye’). Chi is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ, Christos. Hence,
though, you may write Xmas, it is incorrect to pronounce it as Xmas, it should be pronounced as Christmas only.