Mavhesi emuBhaibheri Ane Mukurumbira kubva kuna (Luke) Shining Light Tells the Good Story 23

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“Father, forgive them!” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) cried out. “They do not know what they are doing.” The soldiers divided up his garments and gambled for them by drawing straws.

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) looked at the man and said, “Listen closely, before the sun sets today, you will walk with me in the beautiful garden.”

The man turned to Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and said to him, “Honored One, remember me when you come into the power of your good road.”

At the same time Creator Sets Free (Jesus) cried out with his last breath, “O Great Father, my spirit is in your hands!” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) was dead.

When they came to the place called “The Skull,” they nailed the hands and feet of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) to a tree-pole—the cross. They did the same for the two criminals, putting one on each side of him.

It was now midday, for the sun had reached the center of the sky. A great shadow of darkness covered the land like a blanket, and the sky remained dark until midafternoon. The light of the sun grew dim, and the great heavy blanket that hung over the entry to the Most Holy Place in the sacred lodge was torn in two down the middle.

One of the head soldiers of the People of Iron (Romans) , who saw all these things, honored the Great Spirit by saying, “He must have been an upright man, not deserving death.”