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CRIES, CROWDS, AND CONFESSIONS FROM CALVARY (10 OF 13)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Luke 23:46-49
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Cries, Crowds, and Confessions from Calvary (10 of 13)
Series: Characters of Easter
Donald Cantrell
Luke 23: 46 - 49


Luk 23:46 KJV - And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

Luk 23:47 KJV - Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

Luk 23:48 KJV - And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

Luk 23:49 KJV - And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

''The Characters of Easter Series - Sermon 10''

I - The Farewell Cry (46)

II - The Fabulous Confession (47)

III - The Flabbergasted Crowd (48)

IV - The Faithful Contemplating (27, 49) ?
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Theme: ''Scenes from the aftermath of Christ's crucifixion''

Who Was the Man on the Cross?

In 1950, Japanese Film Director Akira Kurosawa produced a movie that through the years has appeared on any number of lists of great movies. Maybe you are familiar with it, the name of the movie is Rashomon, and the premise of the movie has been used in movies, novels and television shows in the sixty years since it first opened.

The movie opens with a woodcutter and a priest sitting under a city gate waiting for a rainstorm to pass by. When another man joins them, the priest and woodcutter tell the newcomer a disturbing story.

It seems that three days earlier the woodcutter had come across the body of a murdered samurai; the priest adds that he had seen the samurai and his wife the same day the murder happened. The priest and woodcutter were later called to testify in court where they met the bandit who had been captured and charged with the murder of the samurai and the rape of his wife.

The rest of the movie tells and retell ...

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