Christmas Musicals for Church
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52 FRIday Narrator: At daybreak on Friday, Jesus was led before a council of chief priests, elders and teachers who accused him, and found him guilty and deserving of death. They delivered him to Pilate so that he might carry out their wishes. But Pilate, recognizing the duplicity of the accusers, was reluctant to do so. œ œ œ œ n˙ ˙ œ ˙ b & b bb 4 4 Piano b & b bb 4 4 œ ˙ œ œ œ n˙ ˙ œ .. p .. œ œ ˙ . œ ˙. œ˙ œ œ ˙ .. bœ bœ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ b˙ œ œ .. .. b œ .. .. œ ˙ . œ œ ˙. ˙ œ œ b˙ . ˙ . .. œ ˙ œ œ ˙ .. nl y 32 Slowly {q = c72} However, he misjudged their influence over the crowd and soon cries of "Crucify him!" were rising up all around. Giving in to the mounting anger of the people, Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified. # nn ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ n nn w w w O bbb ˙ ˙ &b ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ U w w w ew 5 b˙ bb˙ ˙ ? vi bb & b b jœ œj œjœ œj œjœ œj œj œ œj œj œ œj œjœ œj œjœ œj œjœ œj w œ rP re The soldiers clothed him in a purple robe and twisted together a crown of thorns for his head. They mocked him calling out, "Hail, king of the Jews!" They spit on him, slapped him in the face and struck him again and again on the head with a staff. Carrying his own cross, he was led out to the place of the Skull where they crucified him. Two criminals were crucified with him, one on his right, the other on his left. ˙ b b . Ó n ˙˙ &bb . 10 Fo ? b b .. b b ˙. ˙. ww w œ œ Ó bw bw n ˙˙ ˙ ˙. ˙. ww w bœ bœ nw nw œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ ˙˙ .. Ó ˙ .. agitato œ w œ w ˙. ˙. At the sixth hour, darkness descended over the whole land. Then, at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And with a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. bbœ œ bœ œ œ bbb b œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ &b 16 ? bb b b œ bbœ bœ œ bœ bœ œ œ œ Œ nœ bbœ bbœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ w w .. w w w w .. cresc. poco a poco w w w w w w .. w w w w ..