61
SaTurday
Narrator: Saturday began at sundown, just three hours after Jesus died. His limp body
still hung there on the cross. But then, in the midst of the darkness, a ray of light appeared.
&b 4 Œ
4
p
Piano
? 4 Œ
b 4
w
w
˙ ..
˙.
˙
Œ
˙˙ ...
˙
Œ
w
w
˙ ..
˙.
˙
˙ ..
˙
˙.
Œ
˙.
˙˙ ...
Œ ˙
b ˙˙ ..
Œ ˙.
w
w
˙˙ ...
˙
˙ ..
˙
Œ
w
w
&
nl
y
39 Lento {q = c 66}
O
A member of the Council that had condemned Jesus, a man named Joseph who had not consented
to the sentence, came forward. Something had happened to Joseph as he stood in the presence of
Jesus, and he was transformed from an accuser to a disciple.
A little more motion {q = c 72}
œ ˙.
œ
œœœ˙
œ ..
œ
jœ
œ œ
œ ˙.
vi
&b œ
˙
jœ
˙
œ œ ˙
ew
√.
œ
& b œ.
rP
re
5
œ
˙.
w
œ ˙
œ œ
œ
?
œ
œ œ
œ
œœ˙
Determined to perform one final act of kindness, Joseph asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered
that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
(√)
&b ˙
˙.
œ œ
˙
œœ
Fo
10
?b
œœ
œ
œœ w
œœ˙
œ
œœ
œ œ
˙.
˙
œœ
bœ
œ
b˙
œ œ
and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the entrance to
the tomb and went away.
14
˙
˙
&b
?b
œ
œ
w
w
˙
œœ
œ
œ
œœ˙
œœ
w
œœ˙
œœ
w
œœ˙
w
w
