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Hi everyone. 
Welcome back to the Daily gospel

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exegesis podcast. 
This is the Catholic podcast 

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where we look at the literal 
sense of scripture. 

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We focus on the Gospel reading 
from the day's mass and we break

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it apart verse by verse to try 
and understand what it meant in 

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its original context. 
Today we're going to do things a

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bit differently because today is
Good Friday and it actually 

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works a bit differently at 
today's mass. 

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So first thing to say is 
actually there is no mass today 

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on Good Friday. 
In the Catholic Church, there is

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no Mass. 
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celebration. 
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not considered to be a mass. 
So what we're reading today is 

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the reading for the Good Friday 
service. 

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And it's a really long one. 
So what we're going to do today 

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is we're going to read out this 
entire long text, and we're not 

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really going to have an 
opportunity to break it down. 

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Verse by verse, as we normally 
would, because the text is just 

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too long. 
However, if you want to hear a 

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verse by verse exegesis of these
really important parts of the 

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Gospel, then you can hear that 
as bonus episodes of the podcast

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which are available through the 
patreon page. 

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So, if you're listening to this 
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you are interested in hearing a 
verse by verse exit, This, you 

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can get access to that through 
the patreon page and the link to

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that will be in the show notes. 
So I'll read out the entire text

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and then we'll finish by looking
at just a couple of key 

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catechism paragraphs which 
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So the reading you would hear 
it. 

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Today's service is a really long
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John chapter 18 verse 1 through 
2 19:42. 

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And the way this is actually 
read in the lectionary is and 

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you've probably seen this done 
before is it's read by People 

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people. 
So it kind of the lectionary he 

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breaks it down into characters. 
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people who read out this 
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If you go to a service today, 
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there's a narrator, there's 
someone who plays Jesus, there's

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someone who plays the crowd and 
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plays the other characters as 
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So you might have four or more 
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reading when you go to the Good 
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And that's actually the way it's
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intended to be read that way 
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So already had all of the lines 
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So John chapter 18 and John 
chapter 19. 

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Jesus left with his disciples 
and crossed the Kidron Valley. 

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There was a garden there and he 
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Judas, the traitor knew the 
place. 

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Well since Jesus had often met 
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brought the cohort to this place
together with a Detachment of 

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guards sent by the chief priests
and the Pharisees or with 

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lanterns and torches and 
weapons. 

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Knowing everything that was 
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Jesus, then came forward and 
said, who are you looking for? 

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They answered. 
Jesus. 

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The Nazarene he said, I am he 
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standing among them. 
When Jesus said I am, he they 

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moved back and fell to the 
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He asked them a second time. 
Who are you looking for? 

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They said, Jesus, the Nazarene, 
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I have told you that I am he, if
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for let these others go. 
This was to fulfill the words he

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had spoken. 
Not one of those. 

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You gave me. 
Have I lost Simon Peter who 

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carried a sword, drew it and 
wounded, the high priests 

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servant cutting off his right 
ear, the servants name was 

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malchus Jesus said to Peter, put
your sword back in its Scabbard.

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Am I not to drink the cup that 
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cohort and it's Captain. 
And the Jewish guards sees Jesus

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and bound him, they took him 
first to Anise because anise was

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the father-in-law of Caiaphas, 
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year? 
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suggested to the Jews. 
It is better for one man to die 

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for the people. 
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disciple follow Jesus. 
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Who is known to the high priest?
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priests Palace. 
But Peter stayed outside the 

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door. 
So the other disciple, the one 

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known to the high priest went 
out, spoke to the woman who is 

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keeping the door and brought 
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door. 
Said to Peter, aren't you? 

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Another of that man's disciples?
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I am not. 
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servants, and guards had little 
charcoal file fire, and we're 

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standing there warming 
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So, Peter stood there to warming
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high priest questioned, Jesus 
about his disciples and his 

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teaching, Jesus answered. 
I have spoken openly for all the

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world to hear. 
I have always taught in the 

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synagogue and in the temple 
where all the Jews meet 

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together. 
I have said nothing in secret 

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but why ask me ask my heroes 
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said? 
at these words, one of the 

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guards standing by gave Jesus a 
slap in the face saying is that 

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the way to answer the high 
priest Jesus replied, if there 

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is something wrong in what I 
said pointed out, but if there 

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is no offense in it, why do you 
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Then Anna sent him. 
Still bound to Caiaphas the high

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priest. 
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warming himself. 
Someone said to him, aren't you?

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Another of his disciples? 
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one of the high priests 
servants, a relation of the man,

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whose ear Peter had cut off 
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garden with him again, Peter 
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crew, They then my Jesus from 
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praetorium, it was now morning. 
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praetorium themselves or they 
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eat the Passover So pilate came 
outside to them and said, what 

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charge do you bring against this
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If they replied, if he were not 
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handing him over to you. 
Pilate said take him yourselves 

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and try him by your own law, the
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We are not allowed to put a man 
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This was to fulfill the word, 
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way he was going to die. 
So, pilate went back to the into

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the praetorium, and called 
Jesus, to him. 

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And asked, are you the king of 
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Jesus replied. 
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accord or have others spoken to 
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Pilate answered am IA, Jew. 
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chief priests who have handed 
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What have you done? 
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Mine is not a kingdom of this 
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If my kingdom were of this 
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to prevent my being surrendered 
to the Jews, but my kingdom is 

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not of this kind. 
Pilate said so you are a king 

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then Jesus answered it. 
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Yes, I am a king, I was born for
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this to Bear witness to the 
truth and all who are on the 

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side of Truth listens to my 
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Pilot said truth. 
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And with that, he went out again
to the Jews and said, I find no 

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case against him, but according 
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release one prisoner at the 
Passover. 

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Would you like me then to 
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this? 
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Not this man, but Barabbas 
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then had Jesus taken away and 
scourged and after this, the 

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soldiers Twisted some Thorns 
into a crown and put it on his 

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head and dressed him in a purple
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They kept coming up to him and 
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and they slapped him in the 
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Pilate came outside again and 
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Look, I'm going to bring him out
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I find no case. 
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crown of thorns and the purple 
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Here is the man. 
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priests and the gout and the 
guards shouted, crucify him. 

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Crucify him. 
Pilots said take him yourselves 

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and crucify him. 
I can find no case against him. 

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The Jews replied. 
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And according to that law, he 
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claimed to be the son of God. 
When pilate heard them say this,

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his fears increased re-entering 
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Jesus, where do you come from? 
But Jesus made, no answer. 

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Pilot then said to him, are you 
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Surely, you know, that I have 
the power to release you and I 

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have power to crucify you Jesus 
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You would have no power over me.
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from above, that is why the one 
who handed me over to you has 

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the greater guilt. 
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anxious to set him free but the 
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If you set him free, you are no 
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Anyone who makes himself King is
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Hearing these words pilot had 
Jesus brought out and seated 

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himself on a chair of Judgment 
at a place, called the pavement 

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in Hebrew gabbatha. 
It was passed over preparation 

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day about the sixth hour pilate 
said to the Jews. 

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Here is your king. 
They said take him away. 

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Take him away, crucify him. 
Pilot said, do you want me to 

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crucify your king? 
The chief priests answered. 

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We have no King except Caesar. 
So in the end, pilot handed him 

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over to them to be crucified. 
They then took charge of Jesus 

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and carrying his own cross. 
He went out of the city to the 

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place of the skull or as it was 
called in Hebrew Golgotha where 

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they crucified him with two. 
Others, one on either side with 

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Jesus in the middle, Pilate 
wrote out a notice and had it 

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fixed to the cross. 
It ran. 

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Jesus, the Nazarene King of the 
Jews. 

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This notice was read by many of 
the Jews because the place where

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Jesus was crucified was not far 
from the city and the writing 

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was in Hebrew Latin and Greek. 
So the Jewish Chief priests said

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to pilate, you should not write 
King of the Jews, but this man 

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said I am King of the Jews. 
Pilate answered what I have 

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written. 
I have written. 

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When the soldiers had finished 
crucifying Jesus, they took his 

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clothing and divided it into 
four shares one for each 

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Soldier. 
He's undergarment with seamless 

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woven in one piece from neck to 
him. 

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So they said to one another 
instead of tearing it, let's 

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throw dice to decide who is to 
have it. 

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In this way, the words of 
scripture were fulfilled. 

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They shared out my clothing 
among them. 

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They cast lots for my clothes. 
This is exactly what the 

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soldiers did. 
Near the cross of, Jesus stood 

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his mother and his mother's 
Sister Mary, the wife of clopas 

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and Mary of magdala seeing his 
mother and the disciple. 

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He loved standing near Jesus 
said to his mother woman, this 

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is your son. 
Then to the disciple. 

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He said, this is your mother. 
And from that moment, the 

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disciple made a place for her in
his home. 

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After this Jesus knew that 
everything had now been 

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completed and to fulfill the 
scripture perfectly. 

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He said I am thirsty. 
A Jar full of vinegar. 

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Stood there sir. 
Putting a sponge soaked in the 

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vinegar on his lipstick. 
They held it up to his mouth. 

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After Jesus had taken the 
vinegar, he said it is 

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accomplished and bowing his 
head, he gave up his spirit. 

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It was preparation day and to 
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the cross during the Sabbath 
since that Sabbath was a day of 

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special solemnity. 
The Jews asked pilate to have 

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the legs broken and the bodies 
taken away. 

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Consequently, the soldiers came 
and broke the legs of the first 

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man who had been crucified with 
him and then over the other. 

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When they came to Jesus, they 
found he was already dead. 

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And so instead of breaking his 
legs, one of the soldiers 

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pierced his side with a lance 
and immediately they came out 

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blood and water. 
This is the evidence of one who 

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saw it trustworthy evidence and 
he knows he speaks the truth and

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he gives it so that you may 
believe as well. 

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Because all this happened to 
fulfill the words of scripture, 

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not one of his bones will be 
broken. 

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And again, in another place, 
scripture says, they will look 

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on the one whom they have 
pierced. 

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After this, Joseph of Arimathea,
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though, a secret one because he 
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pilate to let him remove the 
body of Jesus, pilate gave 

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permission, so they came and 
took it away. 

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Nicodemus came as well. 
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to Jesus at night time. 
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myrrh and aloes, weighing about 
100 pounds, they took the body 

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of Jesus and wrapped it with the
spices in linen cloths following

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the Jewish burial custom at the 
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crucified. 
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Garden a new Tomb in which no 
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Been buried. 
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preparation and the tomb was 
near at hand, they laid Jesus 

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there. 
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text for Good Friday today. 
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hear a verse by verse exegesis 
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down, a lot slower in in more 
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through the patreon page, and 
you should be able to see a link

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to that in the episode 
description. 

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Now, as you would expect, 
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the catechism references 
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and 19. 
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the catechism which reference 
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To John's crucifixion account, 
gets reference more probably 

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even than all the others. 
So it's considered to be very 

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important texts in helping us 
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life and his death. 
So I just want to read it a few 

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of the key ones. 
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I'll read out all three 
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heavily hear from John chapter, 
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Christ offered himself to his 
father for our sins, the desire 

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to embrace his father's plane of
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Jesus whole life for his 
Redemptive Mission and this was 

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the very reason for his 
Incarnation and so he asked and 

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what shall I say? 
Father, save me from this hour. 

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No, for this purpose. 
I have come to this hour. 

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And again, shall I not drink the
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me from the cross just before it
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Finished. 
He said I first after agreeing 

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to baptize him along with the 
Sinners, John, the Baptist 

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looked at Jesus and pointed him 
out as the Lamb of God who takes

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away the sin of the World by 
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So he reveals the Jesus is at 
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servant, who silently allows 
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slaughter. and the one who 
Bears, the sin of the 

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multitudes, and also the Paschal
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Redemption at the first 
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expresses his mission to serve 
and to give his life as a ransom

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for many by embracing in his 
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For Men. 
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greater love has no, man than 
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life for his friends. 
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His Humanity became the free and
perfect instrument of his Divine

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love, which desires the 
salvation of men, indeed, out of

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love for his father. 
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wants to save Jesus freely. 
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No one takes my life from me, 
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accord. 
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God, Son. 
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those are quite beautiful and 
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Let's go to paragraph. 26, 05. 
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when the hour had come for him 
to fulfill the father's plan of 

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love. 
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boundless depth of his filial 
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Not only before his freely 
delivered himself up, Abba not 

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my will, but yours, but even in 
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where prayer and the gift of 
self are. 

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But one Father, forgive them for
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Truly, truly, I say to you 
today, you will be with me in 

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Paradise woman, behold your son 
behold your mother. 

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I thirst my God. 
My God. 

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Why have you forsaken me? 
It is finished. 

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Father into your hands. 
I commit my spirit until the 

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loud cry as he expires giving up
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There are many other paragraphs 
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reference this, but we'll leave 
it there today on this solemn 

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occasion. 
Thanks for listening and 

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hopefully you'll tune in again 
tomorrow. 

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When we'll do a proper verse by 
verse exegesis of the text, 

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you'll hear at Mass