Hi, friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of

the New Testament and the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ,

life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, and the miracles. Each

month we're reading all four books. Make sure you're subscribed so we can continue to read the

Gospels together. You know what we say around here a lot? You don't have to be in the Gospels every

day to be changed, but every day you're in the Gospels will change you. And so I'm really glad

you're here with us today. And today is one of those days. We're reading in chronological order.

So that means with only two days left this month, we are down to the end of Matthew, Mark, Luke,

and John. So each day I'm going to tell you the scripture references and the stories or main

themes will hit. And today is the crucifixion and the burial of Jesus. So I hope in a way that I

don't know we'll do again this year because I have no idea if we'll do chronological order again.

This may be the only day that you hear all these stories, all these accounts of the crucifixion

and burial of Jesus happening on the same day in the same podcast episode. So my hope today is

that you will find a place to listen to this where you can sit quietly, where you can focus,

where you can really pay attention because today is the day. Today is the day of the crucifixion

and burial of Jesus. It is day 29, March 29th, and I'm going to be reading Mark 15, 21 through 24,

Matthew 27, 32 through 34, Luke 23, 26 to 31, John 19, 17, Mark 15, 25 to 32, Matthew 27, 35 to 44,

Luke 23, 32 through 43, John 19, 18 to 27, Mark 15, 33 to 41, Matthew 27, 45 to 56, Luke 23, 44 to 49, John 19, 28 to 37,

Mark 15, 42 to 47, Matthew 27, 57 to 61, Luke 23, 50 to 56, John 19, 38 to 42, and Matthew 27, 62 to 66,

and the translation I'm reading from this month is the new living translation.

This is day 29 in chronological order, the crucifixion from Mark. A passerby named Simon, who was from

Syrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus'

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