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On Palm Sunday, Jesus entered Jerusalem to the excitement and joy (ku podnieceniu i rado¶ci) of many people. By the afternoon of Friday of the same week, Jesus was dead. The same people who had welcomed him so enthusiastically (powitali go entuzjastycznie)a few days earlier rejected him. What had happened?
After Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, he spent time preaching and teaching the people about God and Heaven and about Himself, the Son of God. While many people heard Him gladly, many others did not. One group that especially disliked (szczególnie nie lubili)Jesus was the chief priests and religious leaders of Israel. Many others expected Jesus to be a military hero like King David who would overthrow the rulers of Israel, the Romans. By Thursday evening, the religious leaders had decided to find a way(znaleјж sposób) to kill Jesus, and many in the general population were disappointed Jesus hadn't destroyed the Romans. Even one of Jesus' disciples, Judas Iscariot, had decided to betray(zdecydowaі siк zdradziж) Jesus to the priests.
On Thursday evening, the time for the Passover feast(paschaln± wieczerzк, ucztк) had come. Jesus and His disciples gathered together(zgromadzili siк razem) for the meal. During this meal, the Last Supper, Jesus told His disciples many things. One thing He told them was that one of them was going to betray Him. While the disciples were in shock and dismayed over this statement, Jesus told Judas to go do what he must. Later that evening, Jesus and some of the disciples went to the garden of Gethsemane where Jesus could pray. Not long after Jesus finished praying, Judas and some officers from the priests came and arrested Jesus.
Crucifixion(ukrzyїowanie) was a terrible way to be put to death. Around 9:00 on Friday morning, Jesus was taken with two other condemned men (skazaсcy) and was crucified on a hill outside Jerusalem called Calvary. While He was on the cross, Jesus asked for forgiveness of even the people who had put him on the cross. One of the men crucified with Jesus, a thief, asked Jesus to remember him when He came into His kingdom. Jesus promised the thief that he would be with him in Paradise (Heaven) that day. Around 3:00 that afternoon, Jesus voluntarily died. He was taken from the cross and buried in a nearby tomb(grób) that had been cut out of rock. To His disciples and followers(uczniowie i na¶ladowcy), they could hardly believe what had happened.
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