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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. He said that the words
he spoke were not his own but those of the father that was in him.

Jesus performed all the miracles without accepting any form of payment. It was when Jesus
appeared in his true divine form before his disciples, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes
became dazzling white, a bright cloud appeared around them, and a voice from the cloud said,
"This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him" that their 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
den of thieves and people who took money. 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. In an attempt to stop the crowd, one of Jesus' followers used a sword to cut off
the ear of a man in the crowd but Jesus miraculously healed the wound. Jesus then asked his
followers not to resist his arrest.
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,
announces that he has "not found this man guilty". Observing a strange custom of the time, Pilate
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gave the people a choice between Jesus and a murderer called Barabbas, to be released. Persuaded
by the authorities, the crowd chose to release Barabbas and crucify Jesus. Pilate then asked "Jesus
of Nazareth, the King of the Jews" to be affixed to Jesus' cross. Thus Jesus was crucified and
buried.

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, when
though, you may write Xmas, it is incorrect to pronounce it as Xmas, it should be pronounced as Christmas only.