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Vacation Bible School Program

Theme: Triumphing with Christ

(Triunfando con Cristo)

April 11, 2019

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This book has been adapted from the Spanish language Vacation Bible School materials entitled

Triunfando con Cristo, which is published by Publicaciones Mensaje de Vida; 58607 Road 601,

Ahwahnee, CA 93601. Much of the material included herein has been copied directly from those

materials and should be considered as belonging to them even though their materials are not

marked as copyrighted. The English translations and much of the editing in both Spanish and

English are the work of John Howard, Ivette Ramos, and María Marvan under the ministry of

Riverview Church of Bonsall, California. This original material may be used freely for any

ministry purpose without restriction.

The original materials are intended for a weeklong Vacation Bible School, which uses a

storytelling format where the teacher reads or tells the story along with color pictures to illustrate

portions of it. These stories have been edited into dramas or skits. This book is derived primarily

from the Libro de Maestro (Teacher’s Book) and the Alumno booklets in the Mensaje de Vida

materials with some material from the Libro de Director (Director’s Book).

The original Mensaje de Vida materials also include other excellent Spanish language resources

such as student books with material on each day’s lesson, maps, and craft suggestions. These

resources are great, even essential, parts of the Vacation Bible School resources, especially the

student books. They can be ordered from Mensaje de Vida at the address given above for very

reasonable prices. You can get more information by calling 888-683-7277 (voice) or 469-916-

9968 (voice or fax). Their email is [email protected] and they also have a website:

http://www.mensajedevida.com that can accept on-line orders. All the Mensaje de Vida materials

are entirely in Spanish.

In 2014, Mensaje De Vida updated the Triunfando con Cristo series. This manual reflects that

update.

Copyright © 2019, Publicaciones Mensaje de Vida and John Howard, all rights reserved.

These materials may be used for any Christian ministry purpose

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.mensajedevida.com/

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

Organization of this Manual ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Planning and Preparation ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Division of Classes .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Lessons ...................................................................................................................................................................... 2 The Daily Program .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Opening ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3 The Surprise ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 The Drama or Story ................................................................................................................................................... 4

THE KING ENTERS (EL REY ENTRA) ................................................................................................................. 6

Aim and Emphasis ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Surprise ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Drama ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Application Questions ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Memory Verses: ...................................................................................................................................................... 11 Crafts and Object Lessons ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Alumno 1 – Response Sheet and Cut-Out Craft ...................................................................................................... 14 Alumno 2 – Response Sheet and Cut-Out Craft ...................................................................................................... 15 Alumno 3 – Response Sheet and Cut-Out Craft ...................................................................................................... 16

THE FINAL NIGHT (LA ÚLTIMA NOCHE) ....................................................................................................... 17

Aim and Emphasis ................................................................................................................................................... 17 Surprise .................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Drama ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Application Questions ............................................................................................................................................. 21 Memory Verses: ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 Crafts and Object Lessons ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Alumno 1 – Response Sheet and Cut-Out Craft ...................................................................................................... 25 Alumno 2 – Response Sheet and Cut-Out Craft ...................................................................................................... 26 Alumno 3 – Response Sheet and Cut-Out Craft ...................................................................................................... 27

A SAD MORNING (UNA MAÑANA TRISTE) ..................................................................................................... 28


A DARK NOONDAY (UN MEDIODÍA OSCURO) .............................................................................................. 41


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A GLORIOUS DAY (UN DÍA GLORIOSO) .......................................................................................................... 53


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES .................................................................................................................................. 65

The Memory Work .................................................................................................................................................. 65 The Alphabet (Abecedario) ..................................................................................................................................... 65 The Use of the Map ................................................................................................................................................. 66 Cue Cards ................................................................................................................................................................ 66 Supplemental Craft .................................................................................................................................................. 66 The Theme Song ...................................................................................................................................................... 67 The Student Booklets ............................................................................................................................................... 69 Bible Text Sheets ..................................................................................................................................................... 69 The Bible Object Lesson (Krata-Kraft) ................................................................................................................... 69 Prizes and Recognition ............................................................................................................................................ 70 Teacher’s Book (Libro de Maestro) ......................................................................................................................... 70 Director’s Book (Libro de Director) ........................................................................................................................ 70 Emblems .................................................................................................................................................................. 70

Triunfando con Cristo Introduction Triumphing with Christ

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Introduction

Organization of this Manual This manual is organized into three main parts:

This Introduction – This section gives an overview of the program and provides the daily flow of activities. This

section references details contained in the other two sections.

The Daily Sections – which contain the lesson material for each day’s lesson including the aim and purpose of

the day’s teaching along with the scripture passage covered, the surprise script, the drama script, the application

questions for the lesson, the memory verses, and the crafts and object lessons (including those in the student

books) for the lesson. It also contains references to the material in the Additional Resources section.

The Addition Resources Section – which contains or explains resources used on several days such as the student

books, the map, and theme song.

Some materials, mainly the student book, are partially covered in the daily sections and partially covered in the

additional resources section. Your best bet for understanding the materials not in this manual is to order a set of

them from Mensaje de Vida publishers and have them at hand when you go through the manual.

Planning and Preparation Like the materials in the original Mexico Outreach Resource Manual, this course requires quite a lot of preparation.

Typically drama casting, reading, and rehearsal require 10 or more hours together in addition to cast members’

individual study of the scripts. This does not include making props, scenery and costumes. Craft preparation and

object lesson preparation also takes several hours particularly if the crafts are supplemented with other appropriate

crafts and if a Women’s Craft Night (or afternoon) is planned. At Riverview, we try to devote an hour and a half of

each of our training sessions to drama rehearsal and VBS preparation.

It is important to organize your team both in Mexico and during your training sessions. You will need a VBS

director and a drama director. In the experience of Riverview church, it is important that the VBS director be an

adult. The drama director needs to be someone who is mature and has good leadership capabilities but doesn’t

absolutely have to be an adult. The Mexico Outreach Leader’s Manual has good guidance about team formation and

use of adult supervision along with youth leadership. It is important to make out a chart that shows who has primary

responsibility for each task on a day-by-day basis and who that person’s helpers are. The chart should be filled out at

the first meeting. Here’s a suggested list of tasks to be charted: Music team; Opening (pledge, promise prayer, and

announcements); Surprise; Drama team; Crafts (including student book, emblems, coloring); Scripture

memorization; object lessons, Map, Alphabet; Games (if you do them); Krata-Kraft lesson (if you do it); and

Closing. Many of these tasks (for example, object lessons) don’t need to be done be the same person each day. For

other tasks (for example, drama and music), it may be best to have a small team does it each day. Each team member

will be involved with multiple tasks each day. If our teams are more than 15 per church, we typically divide into two

groups for VBS preparation time in our training sessions: Drama (lead by the drama director) and everything else

(lead by the VBS director). The drama team does casting and rehearsal. The VBS director organizes the remainder

of the team to do craft material preparation, application question and object lesson rehearsal, memory verse

memorization, and other tasks. Preparation of drama costumes and props as well as some of the craft materials

preparation should be separate from the training sessions. At Riverview, it has been very effective to recruit a team

of church members who are not going to Mexico (usually they are mostly team members’ parents) to do this work.

Materials needed for the crafts described with each day’s lesson in this book include transparent tape, scissors,

pencils with erasers, colored pencils, glue, crayons and/or markers and extra paper. Take a pencil sharpener too. The

crafts in the daily sections are taken from the Mensaje de Vida materials and coordinate directly with the lessons.

You may want to add additional crafts especially for the older students. In addition you might want to get coloring

pages appropriate to the lessons from various Sunday school resource books. Translate the words and type them out

on pieces of paper. These can be glued to the coloring pages prior to making copies for the students to color. Tables

should be available for the doing the crafts. Spanish language materials from Mensaje de Vida should be ordered


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several weeks in advance. These include student books, the map, and the theme song sheet. Optionally you can also

order the Krata-Kraft lesson, the Libro de Director (Director’s Book) and the Libro de Maestro (Teacher’s Book)

from Mensaje de Vida. The material from the latter two resources has largely been translated and incorporated into

this book. See the “Additional Resources” section at the end of the book for further explanation of the Mensaje de

Vida resources.

Division of Classes Mensaje de Vida suggests you divide into four classes: preschool: 4 to 6 years, beginners: 7 to 9 years,

intermediates: 10 to 13 years, and youth: 14 years and up. In Spanish, these divisions are called párvulos,

principiantes, intermedios, and jovencitos, respectively. At Riverview, we typically divide into 3 levels: ages 5-7,

ages 8-10, and ages 11 and up.With divisions you will be able to present the material better, adapting it to the needs

of the distinct ages. If you divide up, it is especially desirable to use some supplemental crafts for object lessons in

the older groups. If it isn’t practical to have four divisions or even two, you can put everyone together and have the

older children help the younger ones. For scripture memory and crafts, it may work best to divide into smaller

groups, as many as you have helpers on your staff, so that the students can have more individual attention.

Sometimes, because of lack of helpers or of space, you might not be able accept children younger than six years old.

Also, in cases where there are big differences in the reading levels don’t divide according to age, divide according to

ability: those that know how to read and write, those who don’t, with a separate class for the older ones who don’t

know how to read and write, so that they aren’t penalized by being with the younger children. The student books are

designed to support this (see the “Additional Resources” section).

Riverview typically also provides a ladies Bible study aimed mainly at the moms of the VBS students. It runs

concurrently with the VBS. To do this requires either a bilingual leader for the study or a dedicated translator. We

make sure to include one of the women church leaders in the study, usually the pastor’s wife. This facilitates follow

up of the ladies in the study. The lessons can be based on the VBS scriptures or something entirely different.

Lessons This book is designed for a five-day course with one lesson on each day. The material covers Holy Week, that is, the

events from Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem through his resurrection 7 days later. The five lessons are as

follows:

Lesson 1 – The King Enters (Matthew 21:1-17; Mark 11:1-9; Luke 19:28-48; John 21:1-29)

Lesson 2 – The Final Night (Matthew 26:14-46; Mark 14:10-42, Luke 22:1-46; John 13:21-38)

Lesson 3 – A Sad Morning (Matthew 26:47-27:31; Mark 14:43-15:20; Luke 22:47-23:25, John 18:2-19:6)

Lesson 4 – A Dark Noonday (Matthew 27:32-61; Mark 15:21-47; Luke 23:26-53; John 19:-17-42)

Lesson 5 – A Glorious day (Matthew 27:62-28:20, Mark 16:1-20; Luke 23:54-24:53; John 20:1-21:25)

For a typical Mexico Outreach week, the first lesson would be done on Sunday afternoon. The remaining lessons

can be done in the morning or afternoon, Monday through Thursday. The Mensaje de Vida course recommends a

sixth day for review and a closing ceremony with parents present. If this is desired it could be done on the evening

of the last program day in a Mexico Outreach week (i.e. Thursday).

The Daily Program This VBS program is designed to last about three hours each day. Some prefer to have the VBS in the morning,

others in the afternoon. Our Riverview Church groups usually do it in the afternoon. That allows us to travel to the

site after morning worship at camp, set things up, and have a shared meal with our partner church, including many

of the VBS students, before starting the program.

It’s better not to use a rigid timetable for the daily program. Allow the time to be used where it is most needed each

day. For example, you might allow the children to continue to say memory verses while doing a craft or coloring.

Adapt the program to your needs and preferences. The following table shows a suggested sequence with nominal

starting times for a morning or afternoon VBS. Although this manual is written mainly for a program using a drama

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use the Libro de Maestro to tell the story for those who might not have a big enough team to put on a drama but who

do have a person on the team fluent enough to tell the story in Spanish using the Libro de Maestro and its color

illustrations. The sequence and duration suggested below are flexible but provide a rough indication of how long

each part might take. The various activities in the schedule are explained further in the subsequent paragraphs.

Morning Afternoon

9:00 1:00 Opening together (see next section)

9:30 1:30 The day’s lesson in drama (see “Drama or Story” below) followed by

application questions – see the section for each day. Break up into

classes for the application questions or immediately after them.

10:00 2:00 Craft, scripture memory and object lesson – see the daily sections.

See also the Memory Work paragraph in the Additional Resources

section. The map (see Addition Resources section).

10:40 2:40 Recreation (if it is done) the games should be prepared beforehand.

The Mexico Outreach Resource Manual has some good games. If you

prefer, you can use more time on scripture memory or singing songs.

11:00 3:00 Memory work: the alphabet – see the Additional Resources section

11:10 3:10 Work in the student books

11:50 3:50 Closing all together. Songs, announcements, review of the alphabet

together, review of the lesson (all at Director’s discretion)

Be sensitive to the need children have to break up activities in order to keep them from getting restless or losing

focus. For example, after the drama, breaking up into classes forms a natural activity that gets students out of their

chairs and moving around. If you do your program in one large group, you might find that you need to inject an

active song or something else to get them out of the chairs before plowing into the application questions. Depending

on your group, you might find you need to interject games or other “large muscle activities” at other points. It’s also

a good idea to offer a simple snack part way through the program.

Opening Everyone meets together for the following activities:

1. Scripture – To emphasize the atmosphere of reverence you may recite this in unison: “DIOS está en su santo

templo. Calle delante de Él toda la tierra, Habacuc 2:20” (“The LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be

silent before him. Habakkuk 2:20”). You can write this with a marker on a big sheet of paper fastened to a board

or easel. When the recitation is over flip the sheet to the back, allowing the next sheet to be revealed (the

promise, a song sheet, etc.) At Riverview, we made laminated sheets with this verse in large print years ago and

just reuse them every year. Note: if you are not actually meeting in a church building but in a house or another

building, explain that while this location is being used for meetings where we worship God and learn His word,

we must treat it as the house of God.

2. Pledge – Recite the following promise (or pledge): “Prometo lealtad a la sangrada Biblia, la Santa Palabra de

Dios, y la haré lámpara a mis pies y lumbrera a mi camino. Esconderé sus dichos en mi corazón para no pecar

contra Dios.” (“I promise loyalty to the sacred Bible, the holy Word of God, and I will make it a lamp to my feet

and light to my way. I will hide your sayings in my heart to not sin against God”). The promise should be written

either on a sheet on the board or easel or a blackboard. A song that venerates the Bible could be sung at this time.

The Libro de Director from Mensaje de Vida has a section with suggested Spanish language hymn resources. It

suggests singing at this time “Santa Biblia Para Mí” (“Holy Bible for Me”). It is a nice touch to have a younger

student stand up front with an open Bible in his or her hands during the recitation of the promise and the singing

of the hymn.

3. Prayer – Say a prayer blessing the students, teachers, and the lesson. Or, even better, have the church pastor do it.

4. A hymn of adoration. It is helpful for the children to learn a hymn of adoration each year and sing it each day at

this time. “Santo, Santo, Santo”, number 16 in the Mexico Outreach Resource Manual is excellent. In addition,

Mensaje de Vida recommends the hymns listed below. The numbers given are for the hymnal “Celebremos Su

Gloria” but can also be found in other hymnals.

Santo, Santo, Grande Eterno, No. 3


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La Cruz Excelsa, No. 516

Cuán Grande Es Él, No. 32

5. (Optional) Teach a part of one of the Bible Object Lesson (Krata-Kraft lesson) that have been chosen to go with

this course material: “Razones para la Resurreción”, “Yo soy la Resurrección y la Vida”, or “Las Siete Palabras”.

See the Additional Resources section for more information on the Krata-Kraft lessons.

6. Singing. The first day you can introduce the theme song (see Additional Resources section) and perhaps sing

other familiar choruses.

7. Announcements. The first day you should announce the prizes for such things as the student who learns the most

verses, the one that bring the most visitors, and the one with the best work in the student book. See the

Additional Resources section for more suggestions on this.

8. The Surprise. This is explained in the following paragraph.

The Surprise At the end of the opening each day you should reveal a surprise that relates to the daily lesson. The idea is to give an

element of suspense and to stimulate the interest of the children in the drama. You can hide the surprise somewhere

in the classroom or you can put it in a surprise box. At the end of the opening, just before the drama, pick one child

who will either search for the surpise item or reach into the box to take it out. Then give a short commentary to

create anticipation for the day’s lesson. But never explain the story. The suggested items and teases below for each

day are also on the first page of each daily section.

Day 1 – A little donkey. Either a drawing or a toy.

Tease: “En el drama de hoy, vamos a ver cómo pudo un pollino servir a nuestro Señor. Hizo algo que nosotros

no podemos hacer, pero nos enseña algo que podemos hacer” (“In today’s drama we are going to see how a

little donkey could serve our Lord. It did something that we can’t do but it teaches us something that we can.”)

Day 2 – An olive branch, a drawing of an olive, or an olive.

Tease: “Hoy vamos a ver qué pasó en un jardín donde crecían los olivos.” (“Today we’re going to find out what

happened in a garden were olives grew.”)

Day 3 – A flashlight, lamp, or torch.

Tease: “Veremos en el drama de hoy qué se buscaba con una antorcha en la oscuridad de una noche hace casi

2,000 años.” (“We are going to see in today’s drama what was searched for in the dark of a night almost 2,000

years ago.”)

Alternate: Some thorn branches woven into a circle

Tease: “Vamos a ver qué hicieron unos hombres con unas espinas en el drama de hoy.” (“We are going to see

what some men made from some thorns in today’s drama.”)

Day 4 – A flask of perfume (open it up so everyone can smell it).

Tease: “Hoy vamos a oír de una cosa que costaba mucho y tenía un olor muy agradable, un perfume especial”

(“Today we’re going hear about something that was very expensive and had a very pleasing odor, a special

perfume.”)

Day 5 – A piece of grilled fish or a honeycomb.

Tease: “Hoy vamos a ver a quién comió esto y por qué. ¡No fue porque tenía hambre!” (“Today we are going to

see who ate this and why. It wasn’t because he was hungry!”)

Alternate: A piece of bread.

Tease: “Hoy vamos a oír cómo un pan ayudó a unos hombres a conocer a otro.” (“Today we’re going to hear

how a piece of bread helped some men recognize someone.”)

The Drama or Story Drama – The drama for each day has been adapted from the daily stories in the Libro de Maestro from Mensaje de

Vida. The point is to communicate the day’s scripture passage to all the students together. The drama scripts were

written with the idea that most of the cast might not be fluent in Spanish. Accordingly they are in Spanish and

English. The English is intended to be a little more word for word with the Spanish rather than a smoothly flowing

equivalent. This helps the cast understand what the words or phrases in Spanish mean. The scripts are also written to

minimize the number of characters with significant speaking parts so that those with the best Spanish skills can be

assigned the main speaking roles. In several of the dramas Jesus has a significant speaking role. Ideally, one male

cast member with some decent Spanish reading skills should play this part throughout. Additionally, some of the


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more fluent cast members can play different speaking roles in different acts effectively by doing a change of

costume between the acts. The narrator in each drama has a lot of lines but can read from the script from behind a

podium or music stand. Even so, the narrator will need to be able to practice in advance so as to be able to be

dramatic rather than simply reading the script. This means that if you use a translator as the narrator, you’ll need to

give him or her a chance to have the materials in advance.

Cue cards are a must, especially for those who are not fluent and should be used for the presentations themselves not

just for rehearsal. They prevent the cast from having to memorize all their lines in Spanish with the attendant flubs,

freezes, and meaningless ad-libs. See the Additional Resources section for information about the cue cards. For

preparation, it is recommended that the cast do a read through in English with the script to get a feel for the story, a

read through in Spanish from the script, and rehearsal(s) with the cue cards. The morning of each program day,

another read through in Spanish from the script is very helpful. You’ll need a director who stages the action and

directs the cast on their delivery of the lines. Some of the scenes do require a “cast of thousands” for example, the

triumphant entry scene in Day 1. Every member of your team can be pressed into service for these parts since they

don’t involve any speaking or at most a few words. In some cases you may even want to recruit some of the VBS

students to act as crowd members (make sure you have some extra robes if you do). The children roles in the temple

scene in Day 1 could also use VBS students. Also, a discussion among a group of people could be produced as one

person with one or more hand puppets, for example, the Pharisees in Day 1 could be an actor with hand puppets.

Good costumes, props and scenery add a tremendous amount to the effectiveness of the drama. Most likely your

church or group has some costumes from Christmas pageants and the like. If not, you should recruit someone to

make simple robes and head cloths. Impressive priest and Pilate costumes add a lot.

Each day’s drama script has a section at the beginning that lists suggested props. Some of the props are crucial to the

effectiveness of the presentation. Using actual wooden crosses for day 4 is important to the dramatic impact, for

example. Scenery and many of the props can be made from painted heavy cardboard. Sometimes an appliance store

can provide refrigerator and freezer boxes which are ideal for this. Alternatively you can make scenery flats from

wooden or PVC frames with painted paper or canvas over them. The frames can be disassembled for transport and

then reassembled on site. The paper or canvas can be rolled up for transport and placed on the frames for each day.

With only a small number of flats, you can cover a lot of scenes. We try to reuse scenery year after year so that there

is less to create new each year.

Story – If you prefer to use a story telling format to communicate the scripture passage, you can use the Libro de

Maestro to tell the story. It is designed for just that and has excellent color picture pages coordinated with the study.

In this case, you will need to order enough copies of the Libro de Maestro so that the teacher or translator for each

class can have one. Teachers or translators will definitely need to practice telling the story beforehand. For the

storytelling format, you should break into classes that are in separate rooms or areas. It is also very important for the

storyteller to have an excellent grasp of Spanish so that the story can be told in a dramatic fashion rather than just

read. The Libro de Maestro also has instructions for tailoring the story according to the age level of the students.

If you are a small team and have few fluent Spanish speakers, you could use the storytelling format with the whole

group together. This would allow you to tell the daily scripture story with only a single person (maybe your

translator) who is fluent in Spanish.

Triunfando con Cristo Triumphing with Christ

Día 1 – El Rey Entra Day 1 – The King Enters

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The King Enters (El Rey Entra)

Matthew 21:1-17; Mark 11:1-9; Luke 19:28-48; John 21:1-29

Aim: That each student would recognize Christ as the king of his live and keep his or her life clean.

Propósito: Que cada alumno reconozca a Cristo como el rey de su vida y que mantenga su vida limpia.

Emphasis for Lower Level: To love and praise Christ our King.

Emphasis for Middle Level: To choose your friends from among people who love Christ and avoid the company of

those who reject Him as King.

Emphasis for Upper Level: To recognize the authority of Christ as the king of every life, keeping oneself clean since

your body is a temple of God.

Énfasis pare los menores: Amar y alabar a Cristo nuestro Rey.

Énfasis pare los medianos: Escoger sus amigos entre los que aman a Cristo y rechazar el compañerismo de los que

no lo quieren como Rey.

Énfasis pare los mayores: Reconocer la autoridad de Cristo como rey de cada vida; mantenerse limpio, siendo que el

cuerpo es templo de Dios.

Surprise: A little donkey. Say: “En el drama de hoy, vamos a ver cómo pudo un pollino servir a nuestro Señor. Hizo

algo que nosotros no podemos hacer, pero nos enseña algo que podemos hacer” (“In today’s drama we are going to

see how a little donkey could serve our Lord. It did something that we can’t do but it teaches us something that we

can do.”)

Personajes (Characters):

Narrador (Narrator)

Jesús (Jesus)

Gentío (Crowd)

Dos Hombres (Two men)

Dos Fariséos (Two Pharisees)

Dos Discípulos (Two Disciples)

Pollino de asno (Donkey colt)

Ciego (blind man)

Cojo (lame man)

Dos Niños (Two Children)

Cambista (Moneychanger)

Vendador de Palomas (Dove salesman)

1º Acto

[Entrando en Jerusalén]

Narrador: [Usa el mapa para señalar los lugares]

En Jerusalén, todo el mundo estaba en movimiento.

Todos estaban alegres por la fiesta venienda. Todos

los que podían iban a Jerusalén para ese día. Entre los

viajeros iban Cristo y sus discípulos. Muchos habían

visto a Jesús en camino, y las noticias corrieron.

Cuando ya llegaban cerca de Jerusalén, podían ver el

monte de Olivos, y al pie del monte estaba el pueblo

de Betania donde vivían sus amigos Lázaro, María y

Marta. Muchos viajeros siguieron hasta Jerusalén y

dieron las nuevas que Jesús había llegado a Betania.

Cuando los de Jerusalén supieron que Jesús estaba

tan cerca muchos salieron a verlo.

Props (Accesorios):

Palm branches

Tables for doves and money changers

Doves and coins

Act 1

[Entering Jerusalem]

Narrator: [Use the map to show the places] In

Jerusalem, the whole world was in motion. Everyone

was happy because of the coming festival. Everyone

who could had come to Jerusalem for that day.

Among the travelers were Christ and his disciples.

Many had seen Jesus on the way and the news

spread. When they arrived near Jerusalem, they could

see the Mount of Olives and, at the foot of the mount,

the town of Bethany where their friends Lazarus,

Mary, and Martha lived. Many travelers continued on

to Jerusalem and gave the news that Jesus had arrived

in Bethany. When those in Jerusalem knew that Jesus

was so close many came out to see him.



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[Gentío se entra. Todos están entusados.]

Hombre 1: ¡Él viene!

[Hombre 1 hace como hablando a Hombre 2.]

Narrador: Continuó: “¡Quiero mucho ver a este

Jesús!”

Hombre 2: ¡Sí!


Narrador: Continuó: “¡Y también quiero ver a

Lázaro, el que Jesús levantó de los muertos! Unos

dicen que él es el Mesías así lo dijeron los profetas.

Él que liberará el pueblo y sentaré en el trono de

David, Rey de Israel.”

Hombre 1: ¡Sí!


Narrador: Continuo: “¡Y otros dicen que él es Hijo

de Dios! ¿Quién puede levantar alguien de los

muertos sin Dios?

[Dos fariseos entran. Hombre 1 señala a los fariseos

y hace como susurrando al oído de Hombre 2.]

Narrador: Susurró: “Oí decir que aún algunos de los

líderes creyeron, pero tienen miedo de decirlo,

porque los que mandaban tienen celos de Jesús, y

quieren matarlo.”

Más temprano en ese día, Jesús mandó a Pedro y a

Juan a una aldea cercana para buscar un pollino de

asna. Jesús les dijo que debían desatarlo y llevárselo.

Los discípulos pusieron sus vestidos sobre él para

que Jesús se sentara encima. Así se cumplieron las

palabras que el profeta Zacarías habló 500 años antes

en Zacarías 9:9, “Alégrate mucho...hija de Jerusalén;

he aquí tu rey vendrá a ti, justo y salvador, humilde, y

cabalgando sobre un asno, sobre un pollino, hijo de

asna.”

[Jesús (montado en el pollino) y los discípulos entran

y paran a la orilla del escenario.]

Narrador: Cuando Jesús pasó la cumbre del monte

de los Olivos, veía la ciudad de Jerusalén. Los

discípulos estaban muy alegres.

[Jesús hace como triste y llora.]

Narrador: Narrador: Pero Cristo, al ver Jerusalén,

lloró sobre ella, pensando en todo lo que iba a pasar.

É1 sabía que esa alegría iba a durar muy poco, y que

el mismo pueblo lo iba a rechazar, y que É1 iba a

morir por ellos. Sabía que Jerusalén sería castigada

terriblemente más tarde.

[Jesús deja de llorar. Jesús y sus discípulos cruzan el

escenario lentamente.]

Narrador: Los discípulos y los amigos estaban

alegres y entusiasmados hoy, porque Jesús iba a

entrar en Jerusalén montado, como lo hacían los

reyes antes. Los judíos no tenían su propio rey,

porque los romanos los gobernaban. Sufrían

injusticias y odiaban a los soldados y gobernantes

extranjeros. Ellos querían tener su propio rey.

[Gentío echaran ramos y vestidos y menean ramos.

Jesús y discípulos andan atras del gentió.]

[Crowd enters. Everyone is excited.]

Man 1: He’s coming!

[1st Man acts like he’s talking to 2nd Man.]

Narrator: He continued: “I want to see this Jesus a

lot!”

Man 2: Yes!

[2nd Man acts like he’s talking to 1st Man.]

Narrator: He continued: “And I want to see Lazarus

too, the one Jesus raised from the dead. Some say he

is the Messiah spoken of by the prophets. The one

who will free the people and sit on the throne of

David, King of Israel.”

Man 1: Yes!

[1st Man acts like he’s talking to 2nd Man.]

Narrator: He continued: “And others say that he is

the Son of God! Who else can raise someone from

the dead but God?

[Two Pharisees enter. 1st Man points to Pharisees

and acts like he’s whispering in 2nd Man’s ear.]

Narrator: He whispered: “I’ve heard it said that even

some of the leaders believe but they are afraid to say

so because those in charge are jealous of Jesus and

want to kill Him.”

Earlier that day Jesus sent Peter and John to a nearby

village to look for a foal of an ass. Jesus told them

they should untie it and take it. The disciples put their

garments over it so that Jesus could sit on top of

them. So the words were fulfilled that the prophet

Zechariah spoke 500 years earlier in Zechariah 9:9:

“Rejoice greatly daughter of Jerusalem. Here your

king has come to you righteous and having salvation,

humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of

a donkey.”

[Jesus (mounted on the donkey) and disciples enter

and stand at the edge of the stage.]

Narrator: When Jesus passed the summit of the

Mount of Olives, saw the city of Jerusalem. The

disciples were very happy.

[Jesus acts sad and weeps.]

Narrator: But Christ, upon seeing Jerusalem, wept

over her, thinking of all that would happen. He knew

that this happiness wouldn’t last long and these same

people were going to reject Him and that He would

die for them. He knew that Jerusalem would be

punished terribly later.

[Jesus stops weeping. Jesus and disciples cross the

stage slowly.]

Narrator. His disciples and friends were happy and

excited today because Jesus was going to enter into

Jerusalem mounted as had the kings before. The Jews

didn’t have their own king because the Romans ruled

them. They suffered injustices and hated the foreign

soldiers and officials. They wanted to have their own

king.

[Crowd throws palms and garments and waves

palms. Jesus & disciples walk through the crowd]



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Narrador: Quisieron un rey que era bondadoso y que

podía hacer milagros como Jesús hizo cuando

multiplicó el pan.

[Jesús y discípulos caminan.]

Todo el Gentío: ¡Hosanna! ¡Hosanna! ¡Hosanna al

Hijo de David!

[Gentío hace como regocijando.]

Narrador: También gritaron: “¡Bendito el que viene

en el nombre del Señor, el Rey de Israel!” Estaban

recitando una parte del Salmo 118 y diciendo que

Jesús era el Mesías a quien los judíos habían

esperado.

Unos de los fariseos y los sacerdotes estaban allí

viendo todo. Veían que trataban a Jesús como a un

rey, y se llenaron de celo y de ira.

Fariseo 1: [a Jesús] Maestro, reprende a tus

discípulos.

Jesús: Si estos callaran, las piedras clamarían.

[Todos salen]

Narrador: Jesús dice así porque conocía esa escena,

que muchos llaman “La Entrada Triunfal”, Dios

ordenó mucho antes de la creación del mundo.

2º Acto

[Al templo]

[Cambista y Vendedor de Palomas entran y van a la

mesa al otro lado del escenario. Gentío, Niños y

Fariseos entran y se paran en el centro. El ciego y el

cojo entran y se sientan cerca de la entrada.]

Narrador: Cuando Jesús entró en Jerusalén, la

ciudad se alborotó

[Jesús y discípulos se entran]

Narrador: Siguieron hasta el templo, Jesús encontró

a los ciegos y a los cojos donde sentaba para pedir

limosnas.

Ciego: [a Cojo] ¿Qué pasa?

Cojo: Es Jesús el profeta.

[Jesús sana Ciego y Cojo. Ciego y Cojo saltan a sus

pies, mecían sus brazos, y hacen como gritando.

Gentío y niños hace como asombrados.]

Narrador: Gritaron: “Bendito el reino de nuestro

padre David que viene.” Y: “¡Hosanna al hijo de

David!” ¡Hasta los niños gritaron!

Niños: ¡Hosanna al hijo de David!

Narrador: [a la clase] Digamos “¡Hosanna!” juntos.

Todos: ¡Hosanna!

Narrador: Pero cuando los príncipes de los

sacerdotes y los escribas vieron los milagros y oyeron

que aun los niños aclamaban, se indignaron.

Fariseo 1: ¿Oyes lo que estos dicen?

Jesús: Sí.

Narrador: Continuó: “Está escrito ‘de la boca de los

niños perfeccionaste la alabanza.’”

Narrator: They wanted a king who was kind and

who could do miracles as Jesus did when he

multiplied the bread.

[Jesus and disciples walk around.]

Whole Crowd: Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna to the

Son of David!

[Crowd acts like they are rejoicing.]

Narrator: They also shouted: “Blessed is He who

comes in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!”

They were reciting a part of Psalm 118 and saying

the Jesus was the Messiah the Jews had been waiting

for.

Some of the Pharisees and priests were there seeing

everything. They saw Jesus treated as king and they

were filled with jealousy and hatred.

Pharisee 1: [to Jesus] Teacher, rebuke your

disciples.

Jesus: If they were quiet, the stones would cry out.

[Everyone exits]

Narrator: Jesus said this because He knew that this

scene, that many call “The Triumphal Entry”, God

ordained before the creation of the world.

Act 2

[At the temple]

[Moneychanger and dove seller enter and go to table

on far side of stage Crowd, children, and Pharisees

enter and stand in center. Blind man and lame man

enter and sit on near side of stage.]

Narrator: When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the city

was agitated.

[Jesus and disciples enter]

Narrator: Continuing on to the temple, Jesus came

upon the blind and lame where they sat to beg.

Blind Man: [to Lame] What’s happening?

Lame Man: It is Jesus the prophet.

[Jesus heals blind man and lame man. Blind man and

Lame man jump up, wave arms, and act like they are

shouting. Crowd and children act amazed.]

Narrator: They shouted: “Blessed be the reign of our

father David that has come.” And: “Hosanna to the

Son of David!” Even the children shouted!

Children: Hosanna to the Son of David!

Narrator: [to class] Let’s say “Hosanna!” together.

All: Hosanna!

Narrator: But when the chief priests and scribes saw

these miracles and heard that even the children

cheered, they were outraged.

Pharisee 1: Do you hear what they are saying?

Jesus: Yes.

Narrator: He continued: “It is written ‘from the

mouths of babes you have ordained praise.’”



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Narrador: E1 templo era un edificio hermoso, hecho

para adorar a Dios, y para hacer los sacrificios, y para

orar. Pero allá Jesús encontró a la gente comerciando.

Vio que vendían las palomas del sacrificio, y vio a

los cambiadores aprovechando de ganar dinero de los

que venían para adorar a Dios. Cristo quería que la

casa de su Padre fuera limpia y sagrada.

[Jesús voltea las mesas de Cambiador y Vendedor y

los echa fuera del templo.]

Fariseo 1: ¿Porque haces eso?

[Jesús hace como hablando a Fariseos.]

Narrador: Jesús replicó: “¿No está escrito que mi

casa, casa de oración será llamada? Pero ustedes la

han hecho una cueva de ladrones.”

Fariseo 1: ¡Oye!

[Fariseo 1 hace como hablando a Jesús.]

Narrador: Continuó: “¿Con qué autoridad haces

esto? ¿Y quién te dio esta autoridad?”


Narrador: Jesús replicó: “Díganme, e1 bautismo de

Juan, ¿de dónde era? ¿Del cielo o de los hombres?”

[Fariseo 1 hace como susurrando a Fariseo 2.]

Narrador: Susurró: “Si decimos que era del cielo,

Jesús dirá, ‘¿Por qué no le creyeron?’”

[Fariseo 2 hace como susurrando a Fariseo 1.]

Narrador: El otro susurró: “Y si decimos que era de

los hombres, temo al pueblo que tienen a Juan por

profeta. No podemos contestar.”

Fariseo 1: [a Jesús] No sabemos.


Narrador: Jesús replicó: “Ni yo les digo con qué

autoridad hago esto.”

[Fariseos salen. Todos acudan a Jesús. Jesús hace

gestos y actúa como les enseñando.]

Narrador: Cristo enseñaba en el templo cada día, y

el pueblo estaba suspenso oyéndole. Pero a los

príncipes de los sacerdotes y a los jefes de los judíos

no les gustó que Jesús mostrara tal autoridad. Querían

matarlo, pero no atrevieron porque tuvieron miedo

del pueblo.

Cada día procuraron hacerle trampas con preguntas

difíciles, pero no pudieron. Querían que el Señor

Jesús dijera algo que ellos pudieran usar para

denunciarlo al gobernador romano, o para que el

pueblo dejara de seguirlo.

[Todos salen.]

Narrador: Los judíos tenían centenares de años

esperando a su Mesías, que quiere decir el Ungido en

hebreo, el que Dios escogió para una obra especial.

Jesús era el Mesías, el Ungido. En el griego, la

lengua del Nuevo Testamento “Ungido” es “Cristo”.

Por eso llamamos a Jesús “el Cristo”. Pero cuando É1

vino a su pueblo, los jefes religiosos no lo aceptaron.

Narrator: The temple was a beautiful building made

for worshiping God and for sacrifice and prayer. But

there Jesus found the people doing trade. He saw that

they were selling sacrificial doves and he saw money

changers taking advantage for monetary gain of those

who came to worship God. Christ wanted the house

of His Father to be clean and sacred.

[Jesus overturns the tables of Moneychanger and

Dove seller and drives them out of the temple.]

Pharisee 1: Why are you doing this?

[Jesus acts like he’s talking to the Pharisees.]

Narrator: Jesus replied: “Is it not written that my

house, a house of prayer shall be called? But you

have made it a den of thieves.”

Pharisee 1: Look here!

[Pharisee 1 acts like he’s talking to Jesus.]

Narrator: He continued: “By what authority do you

do this? And who gave you that authority?


Narrator: Jesus replied: “Tell me, John’s baptism,

where was it from? From heaven or from men?”

[Pharisee 1 whispers to Pharisee 2.]

Narrator: He whispered: “If we say that is was from

heaven, Jesus will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe

him?’”

[Pharisee 2 whispers to Pharisee 1.]

Narrator: He whispered back: “And if we say from

man, I am afraid of the people who take John for a

prophet. We cannot answer.”

Pharisee 1: [to Jesus] We don’t know.


Narrator: Jesus replied: “Nor will I tell you by what

authority I do this.”

[Pharisees exit. Everyone gathers to Jesus. Jesus

gestures and acts as if teaching them.]

Narrator: Christ was teaching in the temple every

day and the people were hanging on his words. But

the chief priests and the leaders of the Jews were

displeased that Jesus showed such authority. They

wanted to kill Him but didn’t dare because they were

afraid of the people.

Every day they were trying to set traps for Him with

difficult questions but they couldn’t. They wanted the

Lord Jesus to say something that they could use to

denounce Him to the Roman governor, or so that the

people would stop following Him.

[Everyone exits.]

Narrator: The Jews had hundreds of years of waiting

for their Messiah, which means Anointed in Hebrew,

the one that God choose for a special work. Jesus was

the Messiah, the Anointed. In Greek, the language of

the New Testament, “Anointed” is “Christ”. This is

why we call Jesus “the Christ”. But when He came to

His people, the religious leaders didn’t accept him.



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Preguntas Para Aplicación

¿Porque entró Cristo a Jerusalén montado en un

pollino? ¿Qué significó? [Los reyes entraron así,

Zacarías 9:9 profetizó lo.] Muestra que Jesús fue

enviado por Dios desde antes de los siglos.

Cuando Jesús vio Jerusalén después que pasó la

cumbre del monte de los Olivos, estuvo muy triste.

¿Porque? [Supo que rechazarían Él y que Jerusalén

sería castigada terriblemente.] El Señor Jesús quiere

que todos lo acepten. Él vino a ser nuestro Salvador.

¿Que hizo el gentío cuando vieron a Jesús?

[Tendieron ramas y vestidos. Gritaron “Hosana” y

le llamaron “Hijo de David”.] ¿Qué querían? [Un

rey quién expulsaría a los romanos y les diera mucho

pan.] La gente no entendió al plan de Dios. Prefieran

su propio plan. No debemos ser así.

¿Qué vio Jesús en el templo que lo hizo enojarse

mucho? [Cambiadores de dinero y los que vendían

las palomas del sacrificio.] ¿Por qué? [Hicieron una

cueva de ladrones de la casa de Dios.]

¿Cómo se sintieron los líderes de los judíos cuando el

gentío seguía a Jesús? [Estaban enojados y celosos.]

¿Por qué? [Amenazó su autoridad.] ¿Qué querían

ellos hacer con él? [Matarlo.] Ellos conocían las

Escrituras pero rechazaron a su Mesías debido a los

celos y la codicia.

Para los no creyentes: Cristo, el Hijo de Dios, se

presentó a su pueblo como rey, pero al fin fue

rechazado. Ustedes ya saben que los enemigos le

quitaron la vida al que tanto bien les había hecho.

Para pagar nuestras culpas, Cristo sufrió todo eso.

¿Serás tú como los que rechazaron a Cristo? No seas

tú como los de Jerusalén. No dejes que te venga

encima un castigo tan grande. Acepta hoy a Cristo

como tu Salvador. La oportunidad de hoy no quedará

para siempre.

Para los creyentes: Siendo que ya hemos aceptado a

Cristo como Salvador, él es nuestro Señor o Rey, y

tiene derecho de mandar en nuestra vida. Para

agradarle y ser buen testimonio al mundo, debemos

obedecerle en todo y mantener limpias nuestras vidas

que son templos del Espíritu Santo.

Application Questions

Why did Jesus enter Jerusalem mounted on a

donkey? What did it mean? [Kings entered that way,

Zechariah 9:9 prophesied it.] It shows that Jesus was

sent by God since before the ages.

When Jesus saw Jerusalem when he rode over the top

of the Mt. of Olives, he was very sad. Why? [Knew

that the people would reject Him and the Jerusalem

would be punished terribly.] The Lord Jesus wants

everyone to accept Him. He came to be our Savior.

What did the crowd do when they saw Jesus? [They

spread out branches and clothing. They cried

“Hosanna” and called him “Son of David”.] What

did they want? [A king who would throw out the

Romans and give them lots of bread.] The people did

not understand God's plan. They preferred their own

plan. We should not be like that.

What did Jesus see in the temple which made Him

angry? [Moneychangers and dove sellers.] Why?

[Because they had turned the house of God into a den

of thieves.]

How did the Jewish leaders feel when the crowd

followed Jesus? [They were angry and jealous]

Why? [It threatened their authority.] What did they

want to do to him? [Kill him.] They knew the

scriptures but they rejected their Messiah because of

jealousy and greed.

For the unbelievers: Christ, the Son of God,

presented himself to his people as king but, in the

end, he was rejected. You already know that his

enemies took his life of the one who had done so

many good things for them. Christ suffered all that to

pay for our sins. Will you be like those who rejected

Christ? Do not be like the people of Jerusalem. Do

not let a tremendous punishment overtake you.

Accept Christ as your Savior today. Today's

opportunity will not last forever.

For the believers: Since we have already accepted

Christ as Savior, he is our Lord or King, and has the

right to rule in our life. To please Him and be a good

witness to the world, we must obey Him in

everything and keep our lives, which are temples of

the Holy Spirit, clean.



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Versículos de memoria:

Alumno 1 – Lucas 10:27 “Amarás al Señor tu Dios

con todo tu corazón”...”

Alumno 2 – Juan 14:15 “Si me amáis, guardad mis

mandamientos.”

Alumno 3 – 1 Corintios 6:19b-20. “No sois vuestros;

porque habéis sido comprados por precio, glorificad,

pues, a Dios en vuestro cuerpo y en vuestro espíritu,

los cuales son de Dios.”

Memory Verses:

Student 1 – Luke 10:27 “Love the Lord your God

with all your heart …”

Student 2 – John 14:15 “If you love me keep my

commandments.”

Student 3 – 1 Corintians 6:19b-20 “We are not our

own but we have been bought with a price. Glorify

God, therefore, in your body and your spirit which

are God’s.”



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Crafts and Object Lessons

(1) (a) Make a copy of the donkey on the next page (this is the same as the cut out craft for all three levels of

the student books.). Show it to the students and say that the young donkey (pollino), or the donkey colt

(pollino), was a young creature but the Lord needed him. Likewise He can use you. This donkey had the

privilege of carrying Christ Himself and we have the privilege of bringing the good news about Christ to

others. The donkey did what the Lord Jesus desired, not what he himself wanted. We humans ought not to

allow a donkey to serve our Lord better than we do. We ought to allow the Lord to guide us where He

wants us to go.

(b) Give each student a tract to share explaining that this is a way to carry Christ to others but that we also

need to tell people about Jesus. (Note: In Mexico, it is not legal for a foreigner to hand out tracts so you

should have one of your Mexican partners do the actual distribution.)

(2) Color today’s emblem (heart) and the Bible text sheet (if used).

(3) Hand out the student books. Make sure to get each student’s name on the back and to mark today’s

attendance.

(4) Color the lesson title page drawing on page 1 of the student book.

(5) Do the lesson response sheet on page 2 of the student book. See the next three pages for translated versions.

(6) Do the cutout craft on page 3 of the student book. See the next three pages for translated versions.

(7) Do a supplemental craft, if you wish (see Additional Resources section).



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Alumno 1 – Response Sheet Help the Lord Jesus to go up to Jerusalem.

Cut Out Craft Cut out the page on the dashed line. Cut

out the strip on the heavy lines. Fold the

strip back on the dotted lines and forward

on the solid lines. Cut out the figure of

the donkey. Glue the feet on the strip

where indicated, let the glue dry and

make the donkey stand up. Look at the

drawing.



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Alumno 2 – Response Sheet Color the drawings that have to do with the triumphal

entry of Christ.








drawing.

Trace a line from number to number



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Alumno 3 – Response Sheet One day, the Lord Jesus entered Jerusalem mounted

on a _________. The multitude proclaimed him

saying “Hosanna to the Son of _______. Many cut

_________ and spread them on the road and others

spread out their ___________ before Jesus. So they

recognized that Jesus was sent by God and was the

King they were waiting for.

Trace a line from

number to number

to see what Christ

didn’t wear that day

but one day will

wear.

Is Christ your King?

When Christ arrived at the temple, he found some

who took advantage of it for business instead of

worshiping God, and He cleansed it.

To see how we should maintain our lives for God,

color every space with a number. Read those that

remain uncolored.

[Fill in answers: “pollino” (colt), “David”, “ramas”

(branches), “vestidos” (clothes)]

[Puzzle answer: “LIMPIA” (clean)]








drawing.


Día 2 – La Úlitma Noche Day 2 – The Final Night

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The Final Night (La Última Noche)

Matthew 26:14-46; Mark 14:10-42, Luke 22:1-46; John 13:21-38

Aims: That the student recognize that Christ suffered for him or her, that the student would feel the need to watch

and pray because of his or her weakness.

Propósitos: Que el niño reconozca lo que sufrió Cristo por él; que el alumno sienta la necesidad de velar y orar por

causa de su debilidad.

Emphasis for Lower Level: The great love of God in giving us the Lamb and the great love of Christ in suffering so

much for us.

Emphasis for Middle Level: Don’t be like Judas, a traitor; nor like the disciples, sleepyheads; be loyal and alert in

serving the Lord.

Emphasis for Upper Level: Having as the aim of your whole life watching and praying always in order to be able to

alertly resist each temptation and to be faithful servants of the Lord.

Énfasis pare los menores: E1 gran amor de Dios en darnos el Cordero y el gran amor de Cristo en sufrir tanto por

nosotros.

Énfasis pare los medianos: No ser como Judas, traidor, ni como los discípulos, dormidos, sino leales y despiertos en

servir al Señor.

Énfasis pare los mayores: Tener como propósito de toda su vida el velar y orar siempre para poder resistir

despiertos cada tentación y ser fieles siervos del Señor.

Surprise: An olive branch, a drawing of an olive, or an olive. Say: “Hoy vamos a ver qué pasó en un jardín donde

crecían los olivos.” (“Today we’re going to find out what happened in a garden were olives grew.”)


Narrador (Narrator)

Siervo (Servant)

Jesús (Jesus)

Judas (Judas)

Pedro (Peter)

Juan (John)

Andrés (Andrew)

Otros Discípulos (Other Disciples)

Ángel (Angel)

Voces del gente (people’s voices)

1º Acto

[El aposento alto]

Narrador: Ustedes recuerdan que ayer la gente que

venía de lejos a Jerusalén para la gran fiesta y el

Señor Jesús entró montado en un pollino. Muchísima

gente gritaron “Bendito el rey que viene en el nombre

del Señor”. Jesús siguió al templo para limpiarlo.

¿Recuerdan lo que pensaban los sacerdotes y los

fariseos? [Deja que responden.] Sí, a ellos no les

gustó. Le tenían miedo y celos.

Props:

Table for last supper

Roast lamb

Loaf of bread

Cup for wine

Prop for sweating blood

Act 1

[The Upper Room]

Narrator: You remember that yesterday the people

came from far off to Jerusalem for the great feast and

the Lord Jesus entered mounted on a donkey. A great

many people shouted “Blessed is the king who comes

in the name of the Lord”. Jesus continued on to the

temple to cleanse it. Remember what the priest and

Pharisees thought? [Let them respond.] Yes, they

didn’t like it. They were afraid and jealous.



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Narrador: Ahora, ya había llegado el mismo día de

la preparación para la fiesta de la pascua. La pascua

celebra la liberación de Israel de la esclavitud en

Egipto. Faraón, el rey, no quería librar a sus esclavos;

pero Dios mandó diez plagas. Para la última, Dios

mandó al ángel de la muerte a matar al hijo mayor de

cada hogar. Dios mandó que cada familia de los

judíos matara un corderito y echara la sangre en la

puerta para que el ángel de la muerte pasaría de la

casa. Para la fiesta de la Pascua, cada familia mataba

un cordero y comía la carne asada en memoria del

cordero que murió en lugar del hijo mayor.

Jesús había venido a Jerusalén para celebrar esa

fiesta. La comida fue listo en un aposento alto.

[Siervo entra y puesta el cordero, el pan, y el vino en

la mesa. Siervo sale.]

Narrador Iba a ser la última fiesta con sus

discípulos, porque É1 sabía que ya iba a morir. É1

mismo iba a ser el cordero de la pascua, el Cordero

de Dios que moría para salvar a otros, como Juan el

Bautista había dicho: “He aquí el Cordero de Dios

que quita el pecado del mundo.”

[Jesús y los discípulos se entran y se sientan]

Jesús: Amigos.

[Jesús hace como hablando a Discípulos.]

Narrador: Continuó: “He tenido muchísimos deseos

de comer esta Pascua con ustedes antes de padecer,

pues les digo que no volveré a comerla hasta que

tenga su pleno cumplimiento en el reino de Dios.”

Pero esa noche, Jesús supo también que uno de los

doce, Judas Iscariote, había ido a los jefes de los

sacerdotes y había aceptado traicionarlo.

Jesús: Amigos.

Narrador: Dijo: “La mano del que va a traicionarme

está con la mía, sobre la mesa.”

Juan: ¿Soy yo, Señor?

Todos: ¿Soy yo?

Juan: [reclinándose sobre Jesús] Señor, ¿quién es?

[Jesús hace como susurrando a Juan.]

Narrador: Replicó: “Aquel a quien dé este pedazo

de pan que voy a mojar en el plato.”

[Jesús moja el pedazo de pan y se lo da a Judas

Narrador: Y Satanás entró en el corazón de Judas.

[Judas sale]

[Jesús toma el pan]

Jesús: Gracias a Dios por este pan.


Narrador: Dijo: “Este pan es mi cuerpo, entregado

por ustedes; hagan esto en memoria de mí.”

[Jesús rompe el pan y lo distribuye a Discípulos.

Todos lo comen.]

[Jesús toma la copa]

Jesús: Gracias a Dios por este vino.


Narrator: Now the very day of the preparation for

the feast of the Passover had arrived. The Passover

celebrates the liberation of Israel from slavery in

Egypt. Pharaoh, the king, didn’t want to free his

slaves but God sent ten plagues. For the last one, God

sent the angel of death to kill the oldest son of each

household. God told each Jewish family to kill a

lamb and sprinkle its blood on the doorway so that

the angel of death would pass over the house. For the

Passover feast, each family killed a lamb and ate the

grilled meat in memory of the lamb that died in place

of the oldest son.

Jesus had come to Jerusalem to celebrate this feast.

The meal was ready in an upper room.

[Servant enters and puts the lamb, the bread, and the

wine on the table. Servant exits.]

Narrator: It was going to be the last feast with His

disciples because He knew that he was going to die.

He, himself, was going to be the Passover lamb, The

Lamb of God that dies to save others as John the

Baptist had said “Here is the Lamb of God that takes

away the sin of the world.

[Jesus and the disciples enter and sit]

Jesus: Friends.

[Jesus acts like he’s talking to Disciples.]

Narrator: He continued: “I have earnestly desired to

eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I say to

you, I shall never again eat it until it has its complete

fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”

But that night Jesus also knew that one of the twelve,

Judas Iscariot, had gone to the chief priests and

agreed to betray him.

Jesus: Friends.

Narrator: He said: “The hand of him who is going to

betray me is with mine on the table.”

John: Is it me, Lord?

All: Is it me?

John: [leaning against Jesus] Lord, who is it?

[Jesus acts like he is whispering to John.]

Narrator: He replied: “It is the one to whom I give

this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.”

[Jesus dips the piece of bread and gives it to Judas]

Narrator: And Satan entered into Judas’ heart.

[Judas leaves]

[Jesus takes the bread]

Jesus: Thanks to God for this bread.


Narrator: He said: “This is my body given for you;

do this in remembrance of me.”

[Jesus breaks the bread and distributes it to

Disciples. Everyone eats it.]

[Jesus takes cup]

Jesus: Thanks to God for this wine.




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Narrador: Dijo: “Tomen esto y repártanlo entre

ustedes. Esta copa es el nuevo pacto en mi sangre,

que es derramada por ustedes.”

[Jesús pasa la copa y cada discípulo toma un sorbo.]

Narrador: Desde esa noche los cristianos en todo el

mundo celebran la santa cena para recordar al Señor

Jesús que dio su vida como Cordero. El pan y el vino

representan el cuerpo y de la sangre de Cristo.

Jesús: Mis queridos hijos.


Narrador: Señor Jesús les habló largamente porque

él sabía que esa misma noche Judas lo iba a entregar.

Les dio muchas promesas y enseñanzas preciosas

acerca del cielo. Prometió estar con ellos aunque no

lo veían y que el Espíritu Santo estaría con cada uno.

Todavía los discípulos no entendían que él iba a

morir y volver a vivir.

[Jesús hace como orando.]

Narrador: Entonces Jesús oró. Oró por ellos, y por

nosotros también, porque oró por todos los que iban a

creer en él, y eso nos incluye a nosotros, a ti y a mí.

Jesús: El tiempo ha llegado.


Narrador: Continuó: “Necesito regresar al jardín de

Getsemaní y orar a mí Padre Celestial tocante a la

copa que me ha dado a beber.”

[Todos salen]

2º Acto

[El Jardín de Getsemaní]

Narrador: [Usa el mapa para señale los lugares.]

Ya era muy tarde y Jesús los llevó con Él por las

calles oscuras y angostas de Jerusalén. Salieron por

una puerta grande en el muro y cruzaron el arroyo del

Cedrón en camino hacia el monte de los Olivos.

Después de haber entrado al jardín, Jesús salió de los

discípulos y, llevándose solo a Pedro, Juan, y Andrés,

fue más lejos.

[Jesús, Juan, Pedro, y Andrés entran y paran cerca

de la entrada. Jesús hace como hablando a ellos.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Mi alma está triste, hasta la

muerte. Quédense aquí y velen conmigo.”

[Jesús camina al otro lado del escenario y se

arrodilla, discípulos se sientan y se duermen.]

Narrador: Él sabía que había venido al mundo a

sufrir y a morir por el pecado, pero cuando se estaba

acercando la hora le parecía que no podía soportar

esa carga de pecado.

[Jesús levanta las manos al cielo.]

Jesús: Padre mío.


Narrador: Oró: “Si es posible, no me hagas beber

este trago amargo. Pero no sea lo que yo quiero, sino

lo que quieres tú.”

Narrator: He said: “Take this and divide it among

you. This cup is the new covenant in my blood,

which is poured out for you.”

[Jesus passes the cup and each disciple takes a sip.]

Narrator: From this night Christians all over the

world celebrate the Holy Supper to remember the

Lord Jesus who gave His life as the Lamb. The bread

and the wine represent the body and blood of Christ.

Jesus: My beloved children.


Narrator: The Lord Jesus spoke at length because

He knew that this same night Judas was going to

betray Him. He gave them many promises and

precious teachings about heaven. He promised to be

with them even though they wouldn’t see him and

that the Holy Spirit would be with each one of them.

Still the disciples didn’t understand that He was

going to be killed and return to life.

[Jesus acts like he’s praying.]

Narrator: Then Jesus prayed. He prayed for them

and for all who believe in him and this includes us,

you and me.

Jesus: The time has come.


Narrator: He continued: “I need to return to the

Garden of Gethsemane and pray to my Heavenly

Father about the cup He has given me to drink.”

[Everyone exits]

Act 2

[The Garden of Gethsemane]

Narrator: [Use the map to show the places] It was

already very late and Jesus took them with Him

through the dark and narrow streets of Jerusalem.

They went out a big gate in the wall and crossed the

brook of Kidron on the way to the Mount of Olives.

After entering the garden, Jesus left the disciples and,

taking only Peter, John, and Andrew, went further.

[Jesus, John, Peter, and Andrew enter and stop near

the entrance. Jesus acts like he’s talking to them.]

Narrator: He told them: “My soul is sad unto death.

Stay here and keep watch with me.”

[Jesus walks to the far side of the stage and kneels.

Disciples sit and fall asleep.]

Narrator: He knew that He had come into the world

to suffer and die for sin but when His time was near,

he felt like he was couldn’t bear this burden of sin.

[Jesus raises his hands to heaven.]

Jesus: My Father.


Narrator: He prayed: “If it is possible, do not make

me drink this bitter drink. Yet not as I will, but as you

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Narrador: Estaba en agonía. No era tanto el

sufrimiento del cuerpo que E1 veía delante, sino que

era la vergüenza horrorosa que iba a sufrir y la

separación de su Padre que le esperaba al cargar el

peso de todos los pecados del mundo. Mientras

oraba, sudaba grandes gotas como de sangre, que

caían al suelo.

[Ángel entra y dale fuerza]

[Jesús devuelva a los discípulos. Ángel sale.]

Jesús: Amigos.


Narrador: Los dijo: “¿No pudieron mantenerse

despiertos conmigo ni una hora? Estén alerta y oren

para que no caigan en tentación. El espíritu está

dispuesto, pero el cuerpo es débil.”

[Jesús devuelta a su lugar de oración y se arrodilla.]

Jesús: Padre mío.


Narrador: Oró: “Si no es posible evitar que yo beba

este trago amargo, hágase tu voluntad.

[Jesús devuelta a los discípulos y les vea durmiendo.]

Jesús: Sigan durmiendo. Descansen.

[Jesús devuelta a su lugar de oración y se arrodilla.]

Jesús: Padre mío.


Narrador: Oró: “Si no es posible evitar que yo beba

este trago amargo, hágase tu voluntad.

[Voces del lado de escena: “¿Dónde está?” “Por

aquí.” Jesús regresa a los discípulos y los sacuden.

Discípulos despiertan y saltan a sus pies.]

Jesús: ¡Miren!


Narrador: Los dijo: “Se acerca la hora, y el Hijo del

hombre va a ser entregado en manos de pecadores.

¡Vámonos! ¡Ahí viene el que me traiciona!”

[Todos salen]

Narrador: Mañana escucharemos cómo alguien

traicionó a Cristo con un beso.

Narrator: He was in agony. It was not only the

bodily suffering that he faced, it was the horrible

shame that He would suffer and the separation from

His Father that he was waiting to carry the weight of

sin of the whole world. While He prayed, He sweat

great drops as of blood, which fell to the earth.

[Angel enters and gives him strength]

[Jesus returns to disciples. Angel exits.]

Jesus: Friends.


Narrator: He told them: “Were you not able to stay

awake with me even for one hour? Be alert and pray

so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is

willing, but the body is weak.”

[Jesus returns to his place of prayer and kneels.]

Jesus: My Father


Narrator: He prayed: “If it is not possible to avoid

drinking this bitter cup, may your will be done.

[Jesus returns to the disciples and sees them

sleeping]

Jesus: Keep sleeping. Rest.

[Jesus returns to His place of prayer and kneels]

Jesus: My Father.


Narrator: He prayed: “If it is not possible to avoid

drinking this bitter cup, may your will be done.

[Voices from off stage: “Where is he?” “This way.”

Jesus returns to the disciples and shakes them.

Disciples wake up and jump to their feet.]

Jesus: Look!


Narrator: He told them: “The hour is near and the

Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of

sinners. Let’s go! There comes the one who betrays

me!”

[All exit]

Narrator: Tomorrow we’ll hear how someone

betrayed Christ with a kiss.



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Preguntas Para Aplicación ¿Qué fiesta celebraron Cristo y los discípulos en el

aposento alto? [La pascua.] Cristo sí supo que el

sería el cordero inmolado para salvar a nosotros.

¿Qué dijo Cristo del pan y del vino? [Son su cuerpo y

su sangre.] Así Cristo estableció la santa cena y dijo

que debemos recordar su sacrificio cuando la

comemos y bebemos.

¿Entendían los discípulos que dijo Cristo acerca de su

muerte y su regreso y la promesa del Espíritu Santo?

[No] ¿Porque no? Él dijo de una manera muy claro.

[Es una pregunta muy difícil – se necesita discusión,

probablemente dirán “no se” luego dice:] ¿Es por

qué fueron tontos? [No]

Es porque creían que Cristo sería el rey pronto y no

quisieron oír nada más. No comprendieron que

necesitaban la salvación a través de la sangre de

Jesús. No quisieron creer que Él, y ellos, sufrirían.

Quisieron una vida fácil y tranquila. Nosotros somos

igual.

¿Creen ustedes que Cristo estaba listo para los

sufrimientos y las pruebas tan terribles? [Sí] ¿Por

qué? [Porque había orado y tenía fuerza por la

comunión que tenía con su Padre. Y su padre envió

un ángel para fortalecerlo.] Debemos dar gracias a

Dios que Cristo estuvo dispuesto a sufrir tanto por

nosotros.

Ahora, ¿qué les parece? ¿Creen ustedes que los

discípulos en el jardín estaban listos para las pruebas

que venían? [No.] ¿Por qué no? [Ellos se habían

dormido en vez de orar. No podían estar listos para

las tentaciones que venían.] Esa noche, Jesús

prometió a sus seguidores aflicciones en este mundo.

Necesitamos estar preparados para eso y recordar que

él ha vencido al mundo.

Para los creyentes: ¿Cómo podemos nosotros hacer

frente a todas las tentaciones y quedar fieles al Señor

en todo? Preparándonos todos los días en oración,

pidiendo la ayuda del Padre Celestial y recordando lo

que Cristo sufrió por nosotros.

Para los no creyentes: Cuán agradecidos debemos

estar por lo que Cristo sufrió por nosotros para darnos

la salvación. ¿Has aprovechado tú lo que Cristo hizo

por ti? Si tú no aceptas a Cristo, estás

menospreciándolo y para ti fue en vano que Cristo

sufriera como Cordero de Dios. É1 se alegra por cada

uno que cree en Él y se salva. Acéptalo hoy como tu

Salvador.

Application Questions What celebration did Christ and the disciples

celebrate in the upper room? [Passover.] Christ

definitely knew that he would be the sacrificial lamb

to save us. What did Christ say about the bread and

wine? [They are his body and his blood.] Christ

established the holy supper and said that we should

remember his sacrifice when we eat and drink it.

Did the disciples understand what Christ said

concerning His death and His return and the promise

of the Holy Spirit? [No] Why not? He said it very

clearly? [This is a difficult question – discussion is

needed, probably they will say “I don’t know” then

say:] Is it because they were dumb? [No] It is

because they thought the Christ would be king

immediately and they didn’t want to hear anything

else. They didn’t understand that they needed

salvation through the blood of Jesus. They didn’t

want to believe that He, and they, were going to

suffer. They wanted an easy and calm life. We are the

same.

Do you think that Christ was ready for the sufferings

and the terrible tests? [Yes] Why? [Because He had

been praying and getting strength from the

communion that He had with His Father. And his

Father sent an angel to strengthen him.] We ought to

give thanks to God that Christ was ready to suffer so

for us.

Now, what do you think? Do you think that the

disciples in the garden were ready for the tests that

were to come? [No.] Why not? [They had been

sleeping instead of praying. They couldn’t be ready

for the temptations that were coming.] That night,

Jesus promised his followers trouble in this world.

We need to be prepared for that and remember he has

overcome the world.

For the believers: What can we do to face every

temptation and remain faithful to the Lord in

everything? By preparing ourselves every day in

prayer, asking for the help of our Heavenly Father

and remembering that which Christ suffered for us.

For the unbelievers: How grateful we should be for

what Christ suffered for us to give us salvation. Have

you accepted what Christ did for you? If you don’t

accept Christ, you are despising Him and, for you, it

was in vain that Christ suffered as the Lamb of God.

He rejoices for each one that believes in Him and is

saved. Accept Him today as your Savior.



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Alumno 1 – Juan 1:29 “He aquí el Cordero de Dios

que quita el pecado del mundo”

Alumno 2 – Marcos 14:38a “Velad y orad para que

no entréis en tentación...”

Alumno 3 – Marcos 14:38 “Velad y orad, para que no

entréis en tentación; el espíritu a la verdad está

dispuesto, pero la carne es débil.”

Memory Verses:

Student 1 – John 1:29 “I have here the Lamb of God

who takes away the sin of the world”

Student 2 – Mark 14:38a “Watch and pray that you

will not enter into temptation…”

Student 3 – 1 Cor. 6:19b-20 “Watch and pray that

you will not enter into temptation, truly the spirit is

willing but the flesh is weak.”



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(1) For the object lesson, make a paper doll using the patterns on the next page. (Note: this is a duplicate of the

cut out craft for the student books.) Connect the three parts are with winged paper fasteners (or with

twine knotted on each side). Put the neck behind the shoulder and the upper leg behind the lower one. Glue

the figure to a different colored piece of cardstock by the body (so that the head and lower leg can pivot).

Show the paper doll to the children in the standing position and then in the kneeling position. Discuss how

important prayer was in Jesus' life. Then talk about how much more we, as ordinary people, need to pray,

when to pray, where to pray, and how to pray.

(2) Color today’s emblem (praying boy) and the Bible text sheet (if used).

(3) Hand out the student books according to the level of the class. Make sure to get each student’s name on the

back and to mark today’s attendance. Color the lesson title page drawing in the student book.


(5) Do the lesson response sheet on page 6 of the student book. See the next three pages for translated versions.

(8) Do the cutout craft on page 7 of the student book. See the next three pages for translated versions.

(9) Do a supplemental craft, if you wish (see Additional Resources section)



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The two positions



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Alumno 1 – Response Sheet Color the drawings. Write the number 1 below what

happened first and continue until you put the number 4

under what happened last.

Afterwards, tell the story.

[Note: the upper right hand picture is Judas betraying

Jesus with a kiss. This is actually in the Day 3 drama.

Also, Jesus praying in the garden and the disciples

sleeping happened simultaneously – but in our drama,

we have the disciples falling asleep first.]

Cut Out Craft

Color the figures of the child and the head. Cut out the

figures. Make holes at the X’s with the head behind the

body, insert a paper fastener through the X’s to join

the two parts or insert a string through the two and make

a knot at both ends. Make the child bend his head to

pray.



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Alumno 2 – Response Sheet Color the drawings. Write the number 1 under what

happened first and continue until you put the number 4

under what happened last.

Afterwards, tell the story

Underline each correct response.

1. Jesus and his disciples meet in the upper room to

(a) eat

(b) play instruments

2. Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him to

(a) sow seed

(b) pray

3. Peter, James and John couldn’t

(a) keep watch

(b) run

4. Judas betrayed Christ with

(a) a check

(b) a kiss

[Note: Judas betraying Jesus with a kiss is actually in

the Day 3 drama. Also, Jesus praying in the garden and

the disciples sleeping happened simultaneously – but in

our drama, we have the disciples falling asleep first.]

Cut Out Craft Color the figures of the child and the head. Cut out the





pray.



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Alumno 3 – Response Sheet On the Passover night, when the Lord ate with his

disciples, he told them that the bread was his

__________________ and the wine was his

__________________ poured out for all. Because of this

we celebrate the Lord’s Supper. In this way, we

remember his death for us.

Afterwards Jesus went out with the twelve disciples to

the garden of ___________________________.

He took Peter, __________________________, and

_________________________ with him to keep watch

beside him while he prayed. A little further on, Christ

prayed alone to his Father asking him to take away this

suffering, but he said: “Not __________ will but yours.”

He sweated great drops of _____________ from

suffering so much. Three times he prayed and ________

times he returned and found the disciples

_________________. Christ told them: “Pray and

________________ so that you will not fall into

___________________”.

Christ prayed.

How much more should we pray!

Do you have the habit of praying?

[Answers: “cuerpo” (body), “sangre”(blood),

“Getsemaní” (Gethsemani), “Juan”(John), “Jacobo”

(James), “mía” (my), “sangre”(blood), “tres” (three),

“dormidos” (asleep), “velad” (watch), “tentación”

(temptation)]

Cut Out Craft Color the figures of the child and the head. Cut out the





pray.

.


Día 3 – Una Mañana Triste Day 3 – A Sad Morning

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A Sad Morning (Una Mañana Triste)

Matthew 26:47-27:31; Mark 14:43-15:20; Luke 22:47-23:25, John 18:2-19:6

Aim: That the student see that he or she can’t remain neutral about Christ. That he or she would decide to accept

Him as Savior and Lord.

Propósito: Que el alumno vea que no puede ser neutral acerca de Cristo. Que haga la decisión de aceptarlo como

Salvador y Señor.

Emphasis for Lower Level: We should love the Lord Jesus for his love demonstrated by suffering such humiliation

for us.

Emphasis for Middle Level: To not allow yourself to behave like the people who where first shouting “Hosanna”

and afterwards shouted “Crucify him”. Remain faithful to the Lord in spite of what the rest say, even though they

may be the majority.

Emphasis for Upper Level: Have for your life’s aim to always be faithful to the Lord, avoiding the errors of Judas,

Peter, the religious leaders, Pilate, the soldiers, and the people.

Énfasis pare los menores: Cuánto debemos amar al Señor Jesús por su amor en sufrir tanto menosprecio por

nosotros.

Énfasis pare los medianos: No dejarse llevar por los demás como hicieron los del pueblo que primero gritaban

“Hosanna” y después gritaron “crucifícalo.” Permanecer fieles al Señor a pesar de lo que digan los demás, aunque

sea la mayoría.

Énfasis pare los mayores: Tener por blanco de su vida ser siempre fiel al Señor, evitando los errores de Judas, de

Pedro, de los líderes religiosos, de Pilato, de los soldados, y del pueblo.

Surprise: A flashlight, lamp, or torch. Say: “Veremos en el drama de hoy qué se buscaba con una antorcha en la

oscuridad de una noche hace casi 2,000 años.” (“We are going to see in today’s drama what was searched for in the

dark of a night almost 2,000 years ago.”)

Or: Some thorn branches woven into a circle. Say: “Vamos a ver qué hicieron unos hombres con unas espinas en el

drama de hoy.” (“We are going to see what some men made from some thorns in today’s drama.”)


Narrador (Narrator)

Jesús (Jesus)

Pedro (Peter)

Juan (John)

Otros discípulos (Other disciples)

Soldados (Soldiers)

Judas (Judas)

Malco (Malchus)

Caifás (Caiaphas)

Pilato (Pilate)

Siervo y sierva (male and female servant)

Gentió (crowd)

1º Acto

[El Jardín de Getsemaní]

Narrador: Ustedes recuerdan dónde fue que dejamos

ayer al Señor Jesús y sus discípulos, ¿Verdad? [Deja

que responden.] Sí, fue en el jardín de Getsemaní.

Props:

Lanterns or torches

Swords for soldiers

Small sword for Peter

Rope to tie Jesus

Bag to cover Jesus’ head

“Throne” for Pilate

Rooster sound

Whip for beating Jesus

Crown of thorns

Purple robe

Basin of water for Pilate

Act 1

[The Garden of Gethsemane]

Narrator: You remember where we left Jesus and

his disciples yesterday, right? [Let them respond.]

Yes, it was in the Garden of Gethsemane.



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Narrador: Esa noche, aunque Cristo sabía todo lo

que le venía encima, le dijo a su Padre que no quería

su propia voluntad, sino la del Padre. ¿Qué hacían los

discípulos mientras É1 oraba? [Deja que responden.]

Sí, ¡dormían! No estaban listos para las pruebas que

venían.

[Jesús y sus discípulos entran.]

Narrador: ¿Recuerdan quienes más fueron al jardín

esa noche? [Deja que responden.] Sí, los oficiales de

los judíos con muchos soldados. Creían que podrían

prender a Jesús de sorpresa. ¿Quién les guiaba? [Deja

que responden.] Sí, Judas uno sus discípulos. ¡Vino a

traicionarlo!

[Judas, Malco, y Soldados entran]

Jesús: ¿A quién buscan?

Malco: A Jesús de Nazaret.

Jesús: Yo soy.

[Judas, Malco y soldados se caen, menos.]

Narrador: Todos cayeron hacia abajo, como si aquel

nombre, uno de los nombres de Dios, les hubiera

dado un golpe.

[Todos se levantan despacio y se parecen

desorientados. Jesús ayuda a Malco a levantarse]

Judas se acerca.]

Judas: Maestro, Maestro.

[Judas besa a Jesús.]

Jesús: Judas.

[Jesús hace como hablando a Judas.]

Narrador: Preguntó “¿Con un beso entregas al Hijo

del hombre?”

[Soldados agarran a Jesús. Pedro saca la espada y

cortó la oreja derecha de Malco. Soldados sueltan a

Jesús y sacan sus espadas. Discípulos menos Pedro y

Juan salen corriendo.]

Jesús: ¡Pedro!

[Jesús toca la oreja de Malco, y la sana. Jesús hace

como hablando a Pedro.]

Narrador: Le dijo: “¡Regresa tu espada a su lugar!

¿Piensas tú que no puedo orar a mi Padre y Él me

daría más de doce legiones de ángeles? ¿Cómo, pues,

se cumplirían las Escrituras? La prueba que el Padre

me ha dado, ¿no la tengo que sufrir?”

[Soldados agarran a Jesús y todos salen con Pedro y

Juan siguiendo a distancia.]

2º Acto

[La Casa de Caifás]

Narrador: Volvieron a Jerusalén con Jesús preso y

atado. Pedro y Juan los siguieron de lejos. Lo

llevaron primero a la casa de Anás, el suegro del

sumo sacerdote. Anás decidió llevar a Jesús al

consejo para que lo juzguen.

[Caifás y el consejo entran.]

Narrador: Llevaron al Señor atado a la casa de

Caifás, el sumo sacerdote, donde los escribas y los

ancianos estaban reunidos esperándolo.

Narrator: That night, although Christ knew

everything that was coming over Him, He told His

Father that He didn’t want His will, only his Father’s.

What did the disciples do while He prayed? [Let them

respond.] Yes, they were sleeping. They were not

ready for the tests that were coming.

[Jesus and disciples enter.]

Narrator: Do you remember who else came to the

garden that night? [Let them respond.] Yes, the

officials of the Jews with many soldiers. They

thought to be able to arrest Jesus by surprise. Who

was guiding them? [Let them respond.] Yes, Judas,

one of His disciples. He came to betray him!

[Judas, Malchus, and Soldiers enter]

Jesus: Whom do you seek?

Malchus: Jesus of Nazareth.

Jesus: I am.

[Judas, Malchus, and soldiers fall down.]

Narrator: They all feel down as if that name, one of

the names of God, had punched them.

[They get up slowly and seem disoriented. Jesus

helps Malchus to get up.]

[Judas draws near.]

Judas: Teacher, teacher.

[Judas kisses Jesus.]

Jesus: Judas.

[Jesus acts like he’s talking to Judas.]

Narrator: He asked: “Do you betray the Son of Man

with a kiss?”

[Soldiers grab Jesus. Peter draws sword and cuts off

the right ear of Malchus. Soldiers release Jesus and

draw their swords. Disciples except for Peter and

John exit running.]

Jesus: Peter!

[Jesus touches Malchus ear and heals it. Jesus acts

like he’s talking to Peter.]

Jesus: Return your sword to its place. Do you think

that I cannot pray to my Father and He would send

more than twelve legions of angels? How, then, could

the scripture be fulfilled? The test that my Father has

given me, do I not have to suffer it?

[Soldiers grab Jesus and everyone exits with Peter

and following at a distance.]

Act 2

[Caiaphas’s House]

Narrator: They returned to Jerusalem with Jesus

arrested and bound. Peter and John followed them at

a distance. They took Him first to the house of

Annas, the father-in-law of the high priest. Annas

decided to take Jesus to the counsel for judgment.

[Caiaphas and counsel enters]

Narrator: They took the Lord bound to the house of

Caiaphas, the chief priest, where the scribes and

elders were together waiting.



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[Malco y Soldados entran llevando a Jesús. A un

lado, Juan y Pedro y siervo y sierva entran]

[Caifás hace como hablando a Jesús.]

Narrador: Lo insistió: “Te ordeno en el nombre del

Dios viviente que nos digas si eres el Cristo, el Hijo

de Dios.”

Jesús: Tú lo has dicho.

[Jesús hace como hablando a todos.]

Narrador: Continuó: “Pero yo les digo a todos: De

ahora en adelante verán ustedes al Hijo del hombre

sentado a la derecha del Todopoderoso, y

descendiendo de las nubes en el cielo.”

Caifás: [rasgándose la ropa] ¡Ha blasfemado!

Todo el consejo: ¡Merece la muerte!

[Alguien le escupe en el rostro y otro le da

puñetazos. Un soldado cubre la cabeza de Jesús y le

dan golpes]

[Soldado hace como gritando a Jesús.]

Narrador: Uno de ellos dijo: “Profetízanos tú,

Cristo, ¿Quién es el que te ha pegado?”

Entonces algo se ocurrió entre los espectadores.

Sierva: [apuntando a Pedro] Hombre.

Narrador: Continuó: “Tú también estabas con Jesús

de Galilea.”

Pedro: No sé de qué estás hablando.

Sierva: ¡Oye!

[Sierva hace como hablando al siervo.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Éste estaba con Jesús de Nazaret.”

[Pedro hace como hablando a los siervos.]

Narrador: Respondió: “¡A ese hombre ni lo

conozco!”

[Siervo hace como hablando a Pedro.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Seguro que eres uno de ellos; se te

nota por tu acento.”

Pedro: [gritando] ¡Maleantes!

[Pedro agita los brazos y hace como gritando.]

Narrador: Gritó “¡A ese hombre ni lo conozco!”

[Gallo canta. Soldado descubre la cabeza de Jesús.

Jesús voltea y mira a Pedro]

Narrador: En ese mismo momento Pedro se acordó

de las palabras de Cristo: que iba a negarlo tres veces

antes que el gallo cantara. ¡Qué vergüenza! Pobre

Pedro, que antes se creía tan fuerte.

[Pedro sale llorando]

Caifás: [a Jesús] ¿Eres tú el Cristo?

[Jesús hace como hablando a Caifás.]

Narrador: Respondió: “Si yo dijere, no creerán y

también si les preguntare, no me responderán ni me

soltarán. Pero desde ahora el Hijo del Hombre se

sentará a la mano derecha del Dios Poderoso.”

Caifás: ¿Entonces tú eres el Hijo de Dios?

Jesús: Ustedes dicen que yo soy.

[Caifás hace como hablando a Jesús.]

[Malchus and Soldiers bring Jesus in. To one side

John and Peter and male and female servants enter]

[Caiaphas acts like he’s talking to Jesus.]

Narrator: He demanded: “I order you in the name of

the Living God to tell us if you are the Christ, the Son

of God.”

Jesus: You said it.

[Jesus acts like he’s talking to everyone.]

Narrator: He continued: “But I say to you all: from

now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the

right hand of the Almighty and descending from the

clouds of heaven.”

Caiaphas: [tearing his clothes] He has blasphemed!

The whole counsel: He is worthy of death

[Someone spits in His face and another punches Him.

A soldier covers Jesus’ head and they hit him.]

[Soldier acts like he’s yelling at Jesus.]

Narrator: One of them said: “Prophesy to us, Christ.

Who is the one who has hit you?”

Then something happened among the spectators.

Female Servant: [pointing at Peter] Man.

Narrator: She continued: “You too were with Jesus

of Galilee.”

Peter: I don’t know what you are talking about.

Female Servant: Look hear!

[Female servant acts like she’s talking to male

servant.

Narrator: She said: “This one was with Jesus of

Nazareth.”

[Peter acts like he’s talking to the servants.]

Narrator: He answered: “I know nothing of that

man!”

[Male servant acts like he’s talking to Peter.]

Narrator: He said: “Surely you were one of them, I

can tell by your accent.”

Peter: [shouting] Cursed ones!

[Peter waves his arms and acts like he’s shouting.]

Narrator: He shouted: “I don’t even know the man!”

[Rooster crows. Soldier uncovers Jesus’ head. Jesus

turns around and looks at Peter]

Narrator: In that same moment Peter remembered

the Christ’s words: that he would deny Him three

times before the rooster crows. What shame! Poor

Peter who early thought himself so strong.

[Peter exits crying]

Caiaphas: [to Jesus] Are you the Christ?

[Jesus acts like he’s talking to Caiaphas.]

Narrator: Jesus answered: “If I tell you, you will not

believe and also if I ask you a question you will not

answer me or untie me. But from now on the Son of

Man will be seated at the right hand of the Almighty

God.”

Caiaphas: Then you are the Son of God?

Jesus: You have said that I am.

[Caiaphas acts like he’s talking to Jesus.]



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Narrador: Caifás dijo: “Ya lo había oído de su boca.

[Caifás hace como hablando a todos.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Levantémonos y llevamos a este

Jesús a Pilato.”

[Todos salen]

3º Acto

[El Palacio de Pilato]

[Caifás entra con Jesús atado atrás con Soldados lo

vigilando.]

[Pilato entra y se sienta en su trono. Pilato hace

como hablando a Caifás.]

Narrador: Pilato preguntó ¿De qué delito acusan a

este hombre?

[Caifás hace como hablando a Pilato.]

Narrador: Replicó: “Si no fuera un malhechor no te

lo habríamos entregado.”

[Pilato hace como hablando a Caifás.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Pues llévenselo ustedes y

júzguenlo según su propia ley.”


Narrador: Replicó: “Nosotros no tenemos ninguna

autoridad para ejecutar a nadie.”

[Pilato se para y toma Jesús y lo lleva a un lado]

Pilato: [a Jesús] ¿Eres tú el rey de los judíos?

[Jesús hace como halando a Pilato.]

Narrador: Jesús replicó: “¿Eso lo dices tú o es que

otros te han hablado de mí?”

Pilato: ¿Acaso soy judío?

[Pilato hace como hablando a Jesús.]

Narrador: Continuó: “Han sido los jefes de los

sacerdotes los que te entregaron a mí. ¿Qué has

hecho?”

Jesús: Mi reino no es de este mundo.


Narrador: Continuó: “Si lo fuera, mis propios

guardias pelearían para impedir que los judíos me

arrestaran. Pero mi reino no es de este mundo.”

Pilato: ¡Así que eres rey!

Jesús: Tú dices que yo soy rey.


Narrador: Continuó: “Yo para esto nací, y para esto

vine al mundo: para dar testimonio de la verdad.

Todo el que está de la verdad escucha mi voz.”

Pilato: ¿Qué es la verdad?

[Pilato se sienta en su trono.]


Narrador: Dijo a sumo sacerdote: “Yo no encuentro

que éste sea culpable de nada.”


Narrador: Replicó: “Alborota al pueblo, enseñando

desde Galilea hasta aquí.”

Pilato: ¿De Galilea? ¿Es un galileo?

Caifás: Sí.


Narrator: Caiaphas said: “We have now heard it

from your mouth.”

[Caiaphas acts like he’s talking to everyone.]

Narrator: He said: “Let us rise and take this Jesus to

Pilate.”

[Everyone exits]

Act 3

[Pilate’s Palace]

[Caiaphas enters followed by Jesus tied up with

Soldiers guarding him.]

[Pilate enters and sits on his throne. Pilate acts as if

he’s talking to Caiaphas.]

Narrator: Pilate asked “Of what crime do you

accuse this man?”

[Caiaphas acts like he’s talking to Pilate.]

Narrator: He answered: “If he were not an evildoer

we would not have delivered him to you.”

[Pilate acts as if he’s talking to Caiaphas.]

Narrator: He said: “Then you take him and judge

him according to your own law.”


Narrator: He answered: “We have no authority to

execute anyone.”

[Pilate stands and takes Jesus aside.]

Pilate: [to Jesus] Are you the king of the Jews?

[Jesus acts like he’s talking to Pilate.]

Narrator: Jesus answered: “Do you say this or is that

what others have spoken of me?”

Pilate: Am I Jew?

[Pilate acts like he’s talking to Jesus.]

Narrator: He continued: “It was the leaders of the

priest that turned you over to me. What have you

done?”

Jesus: My kingdom is not of this world.


Narrator: He continued: “If it were, my own men

would have fought to stop the Jews from arresting

me. But my kingdom is not of this world.”

Pilate: Then you are a king!

Jesus: You say that I am a king.


Narrator: He continued: “For this I was born and for

this I came to the world, to give testimony to the

truth. All who are of the truth listen to my voice.

Pilate: What is truth?

[Pilate sits down on throne.]

[Pilate acts like he’s talking to Caiaphas.]

Narrator: He said to the High Priest: “I do not find

that he is guilty of anything.”


Narrator: He answered: “He stirs up the people,

teaching from Galilee to here.”

Pilate: From Galilee? Is he a Galilean?

Caiaphas: Yes.

[Pilate acts like he’s talking to Caiaphas.]



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Narrador: Dijo: “Pues es la jurisdicción de Herodes.

¡Llévenlo con Herodes!”

[Caifás y Solados salen con Jesús.]

Narrador: Cuando Pilato supo que era de Galilea,

pensaba salir del apuro. Envió a Jesús al rey Herodes,

que estaba visitando en Jerusalén en esos días.

Herodes esperaba ver un milagro. Le preguntó

mucho, pero Cristo no le contestaba. Pero cuando

Herodes vi que no se defendía ni hacia ningún

milagro, lo menospreciaron y lo vistieron con una

ropa rica para burlarse de É1. Entonces lo

devolvieron a Pilato.

[Caifás y Soldados entran con Jesús vestido en un

manto de púrpura y acercan a Pilato.]

[Gentío entra y para al lado de escenario.]

[Pilato se para y hace como hablando a todos.]

Narrador: Pilato dijo: “Yo no encuentro que éste sea

culpable de nada. ¿Quieren que les suelte al ‘rey de

los judíos’?”

Todos: ¡No!

[Pilato hace como hablando a todos.]

Narrador: Pilato les dijo que golpearía a Jesús y

luego lo soltaría.

Pilato: [a los soldados] ¡Azótenlo!

[Soldados remueven el manto de púrpura y azotan a

Jesús y le ponen una corona de espinas en la cabeza

y lo visten con un manto de púrpura otra vez. Solados

abofetea a Jesús.]

Soldados: [mientras abofeteándolo] ¡Viva el rey de

los judíos!

Pilato: [a los judíos] Aquí lo tienen.

[Pilato empuja Jesús adelante y hace como hablando

a todos.]

Narrador: Pilato les dijo: “Lo he sacado para que

sepan que no lo encuentro culpable de nada. ¡Aquí

tienen al hombre!”

Todos: ¡Crucifícalo! ¡Crucifícalo!

[Caifás se acerca a Pilato, agita los brazos y hace

como hablando a Pilato.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Si dejas en libertad a este hombre,

no eres amigo del césar. Cualquiera que pretende ser

rey se hace su enemigo.”

[Pilato presenta a Jesús]

Pilato: Aquí tienen a su rey.

Todos: ¡Fuera! ¡Fuera! ¡Crucifícalo!

Pilato: ¿Acaso voy a crucificar a su rey?

Todos: No tenemos rey sino césar.

[Siervo entra con un cuenco de agua y una toalla y

acera a Pilato. Pilato se sienta en el trono, se lava y

se seca las manos. Vuelve a gentío y hace como

gritando.]

Narrador: Gritó: “Yo soy inocente de la sangre de

este justo. Que quede en ustedes.”

Todos: ¡Así sea!

[Gentío hace como agitado. Alguien grita:]

Narrator: He said: “Then he is the jurisdiction of

Herod. Take him to Herod.”

[Caiaphas and Soldiers exit with Jesus.]

Narrator: When Pilate knew that he was a Galilean

he thought he could get out of this mess. He sent

Jesus to King Herod, who was visiting Jerusalem in

those days. Herod hoped to see a miracle. He asked

Him many things but Jesus didn’t reply. But when

Herod saw that He didn’t defend Himself nor

perform a miracle, he despised him and dressed him

in rich clothing to mock Him. Then he sent Him back

to Pilate.

[Caiaphas y Soldiers enter with Jesus in purple robe

and approach Pilate.]

[Crowd enters and stands at the side of the stage.]

[Pilate stands and acts like he’s talking to everyone.]

Narrator: Pilate said: “I find that this one is guilty of

nothing. Do you want the release of the ‘King of the

Jews’?”

All: No!

[Pilate acts like he’s talking to everyone.]

Narrator: Pilate told them he would beat Jesus and

then release him.

Pilate [to the soldiers] Beat him!

[Soldiers remove the purple robe, whip Jesus and

then put a crown of thorns on His head and dress him

in the purple robe again. Soldiers slap Jesus.]

Soldiers: [while slapping him] Long live the King of

the Jews!

Pilate: [to the Jews] Here you have him.

[Pilate pushes Jesus forward and acts like he’s

talking to everyone.]

Narrator: Pilate told them: “I have brought him out

to let you know that I find him guilty of nothing.

Here is the man!”

All: Crucify him! Crucify him!

[Caiaphas moves close to Pilate, waves his arms and

acts like he’s talking to him.]

Narrator: He said: “If you give freedom to this man,

you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to

be a king make himself your enemy.”

[Pilate presents Jesus]

Pilate: Here is your king.

All: Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!

Pilate: Shall I crucify your king?

All: We have no king but Caesar.

[Servant enters with basin of water and a towel and

approaches Pilate. Pilate sits on throne, washes and

dries his hands. He turns to the crowd and acts like

he’s shouting.]

Narrator: He shouted: “I am innocent of the blood of

this just man. That will be on you.”

All: So be it!

[Crowd acts as if agitated. Someone shouts:]



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Todos: Su sangre sea sobre nosotros y sobre nuestros

hijos.

[Soldados lleven a Jesús afuera del escenario. Caifás

y gentío los sigan.]

Narrador: Así, para asegurar su puesto, Pilato

entregó al Hijo de Dios para ser crucificado.

[Pilato y siervo salen.]

Narrador: Así los jefes religiosos de los judíos por

celos, por no querer que la gente siguiera a Cristo

sino a ellos, pidieron muerte para su Mesías, el que

les vino a salvar. Así que por parte del gobierno y

también por parte de la religión, la humanidad

rechazó al Hijo de Dios.

All: His blood be on us and on our children.

[Soldiers lead Jesus off stage. Caiaphas and crowd

follow.]

Narrator: So, to save his position, Pilate turned over

the Son of God to be crucified.

[Pilate and servant exit.]

Narrator: So the Jewish religious leaders because of

jealousy, because they didn’t want the people

following Christ, demanded death for their Messiah,

the one that had come to save them. Thus through the

government and through religion, mankind rejected

the Son of God.



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Preguntas Para Aplicación ¿Qué pasó en el jardín de Getsemaní cuando Jesús

dijo "Yo soy"? [Todos se desmayaron.] ¿Por qué?

[Porque "Yo soy" es el nombre de Dios.] ¿Qué hizo

Jesús cuando Pedro le cortó la oreja al hombre? [Él

lo sanó y le dijo a Pedro que cubrirá la espada.]

Estas cosas muestran que fue Jesús quien estaba en

control en el jardín y no los oficiales y soldados. Se

dejó arrestar para poder salvarnos.

¿Porque estaban los jefes religiosos tan enojados con

Jesús? [Tuvieron celos y miedo que la gente seguía a

Cristo por causa de sus enseñanzas y sus milagros.]

¿Porque no aceptaron la autoridad de Cristo?

[Quisieron gobernar ellos no y no que Él gobierna.]

¿Recuerdas como grito la gente “Hosanna” a Cristo?

Muchas de estas mismas personas gritaron

“Crucifícalo” ahora. ¿Cómo pudieron cambiar tanto

en pocos días? [No creyeron de verdad, solo

siguieron a la demás gente. No pensaban por sí

mismos, solo siguieron a los jefes religiosos.]

¿Y qué paso con Pedro? Según él, estaba listo para

morir por Jesús y termino negándolo. ¿Qué pasa? [No

estaba listo para la prueba porque no oraba al

Señor. Se confundió y fue derrotado cuando llegaron

las pruebas.]

Pilato supo que Cristo era inocente y tuvo el poder de

soltarlo. ¿Porque no lo hizo? [Tuvo miedo que los

judíos pudieran causar que perdiera su puesto]

Para los creyentes: No debemos ocultar lo que

creemos, sino que debemos decirles a todos que

creemos en el Señor. Y debemos quedar muy cerca

de él para no caer como lo hizo Pedro. Debemos

reconocer nuestra debilidad y pedirle fuerzas al Señor

para serle siempre fiel.

Para los no creyentes. Cada uno de nosotros tiene

que decidir lo que va a hacer con Cristo. ¿Qué has

hecho tú? O le reconoces como el Hijo de Dios, tu

Salvador, o le rechazas, como los que lo crucificaron.

Pilato no salió de su responsabilidad por lavarse las

manos. Entregó a Jesús sabiendo que era inocente, y

lleva la responsabilidad de lo que hizo. En el juicio

final, Pilato no será el juez, sino el juzgado. Nosotros

también tenemos la responsabilidad de escoger. Uno

no puede ser neutral. No seas tú cobarde ni egoísta,

como ellos. Acepta hoy al Señor Jesús que sufrió

tanto por ti.

Application Questions What happened in the garden of Gethsemane when

Jesus said “I am”? [Everyone fainted.] Why?

[Because “I am” is the name of God.] What did

Jesus do when Peter cut off the man’s ear? [He

healed him and told Peter to put away the sword.]

These things show that it was Jesus who was in

control in the garden and not the officials and

soldiers. He allowed himself to be arrested so he

could save us.

Why were the religious leaders so angry with Jesus?

[They were jealous and afraid that the people would

follow Christ because of his teaching and miracles.]

Why didn’t they accept Jesus’ authority? [They

wanted to rule not have Him rule]

Remember how the people shouted “Hosanna” to

Jesus? Many of these same people cried “Crucify

Him” today. How could they change so much in a

few days? [They didn’t really believe, they were just

following the crowd. They didn’t think for themselves,

they just followed the religious leaders]

What about Peter? According to him, he was ready to

die for Jesus but ended up denying him. What

happened? [He wasn’t ready for the test because he

didn’t pray to the Lord. He was confused and

defeated because hard times came]

Pilate knew Jesus was innocent and had the power to

release him. Why didn’t he? [He was afraid the Jews

might cause him to lose his job]

For the believers: We must not hide what we

believe, but we must tell everyone that we believe in

the Lord. And we must stay very close to Him so as

not to fall as Peter did. We must recognize our

weakness and ask for strength from the Lord to

always be faithful.

For the unbelievers: Each one of us must decide

what we are going to do with Christ. What have you

done? Either you recognize Him as the Son Of God,

your Savior, or you reject Him like those who

crucified Him. Pilate didn’t get out of his

responsibility by washing his hands. He turned Him

over knowing that He was innocent and so he has

responsibility for what he did. In the final judgment,

Pilate will not be the judge, but the judged. We too

have the responsibility to choose. One cannot remain

neutral. Don’t be a coward or self-seeking like them.

Accept the Lord Jesus who suffered so for you today.



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Alumno 1 – Juan 1:11 “A lo suyo vino, y los suyos

no le recibieron”

Juan 1:10 “En el mundo estaba, y el mundo por él fue

hecho; pero el mundo no le conoció”

Alumno 3 – Isaías 53:3a “Despreciado y desechado

entre los hombres, varón de dolores, experimentado

en quebranto.”

Memory Verses:

Student 1 – John 1:11 “He came to His own and His

own did not receive Him”

Student 2 – John 1:10 “He was in the world and the

world was made through Him but the world did not

know Him”

Student 3 – Isaiah 53:3a “He was despised and

forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and experienced

with brokenness.”



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Crafts and Object Lessons (1) For the object lesson make a copy on cardstock of the drawing on the next page and color it. Cut the head

out and then cut along the dashed line between the two ends of the lips. Make a crease along the dotted

lines (being careful not to bend except on the dots) so that the lips are lifted up. Holding the head with one

hand on each ear, push it together and then stretch it slightly to open and close the lips. Practice this

beforehand so that you work out how to make it “speak”, moving the lips a lot or a just little, as you prefer.

(Note: this duplicates the cut out craft in the Alumno 1 book.)

Say something like: In today's lesson the disciples did not speak up for their Lord. Peter denied him. The

priests and the people spoke against Jesus. Pilate handed him over for execution. No one took his side that

day. When many are against the gospel, what will we do? Will we speak up for Christ? Or will we be

cowards? This child is not afraid to speak for Christ. He is courageous like Daniel or like Peter after

Pentecost. What about you? Don't keep your lips closed. Be strong and faithful and you'll win others for the

Lord.

(2) Color today’s emblem (crown of thorns) and the Bible text sheet (if used).




(5) Do the lesson response sheet on page 10 of the student book. See the next three pages for translated

versions.

(6) The cutout craft on page 11 of the student book is covered by the object lesson described in (1) above. See

the next three pages for translated versions.




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Alumno 1 – Response Sheet Color the spaces with points yellow and the spaces with

X’s red to see the thrones of Pilate and Christ. Who will

you choose?

Cut Out Craft Cut out the face.

Cut the dashed line only between the two points of the

lips. Fold the dotted lines being careful not to fold

except on the dots so that the lips can be raised.

Holding the face with one hand on each ear, push and

stretch it gently to open and close the lips.

Do you open your mouth in Christ’s favor?



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Alumno 2 – Response Sheet Find the route for Jesus to be taken to Pilate.

Cut Out Craft Cut out the rectangle at the foot of the page. Then cut

out the two thrones. Fold them on the dashed lines and

glue only that part to the area marker with XXX on the

rectangle. Leave the rest loose to be able to read the list

of those who judged Jesus and to see who wants to be

with Jesus. Write your name on the side you choose.

Choose to be with the believers!

Write your name in the

side you choose

Choose the side of the believers!

Everyone has to

choose

Who will you go

with?

Herod

Pharisees soldiers

the people

priests

rulers

All those

who have believed

in Christ



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Alumno 3 – Response Sheet In the garden of ______________________, Judas

betrayed the Lord. The enemies and the soldiers took

him bound to the house of Annas and that of

_______________________, the high priest.

They accused him and beat him, there ______________

denied him. Later, they took him to the council where

they decided to take him to the Roman governor who

was named ____________.

Pilate and the king, who was named _______________,

found no guilt in Jesus but Pilate ordered him to be beat.

The enemies mocked Jesus, dressing him as a king and

putting on his head a crown of _____________.

The people shouted “Crucify him, crucify him”. Pilate

finally washed his ________________, but remained

guilty because he had delivered up an innocent to death.

That day, Pilate was the judge but in the final

judgement, Christ will be the judge. Those how have

not accepted him as Savior will be judged.

Fill the spaces of the acrostic with words found in Isaiah

53:3. The vertical word will tell you what Christ is even

though his enemies didn’t recognize it when they judged

him.

V __ □ __ __ de __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Experimentado □ __ quebranto

Depresicado □ D __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

[Answers:

Fill in’s: “Getsemaní” (Gethsemani), “Caifás”

(Caiaphas), “Pedro” (Peter), “Pilato” (Pilate),

“Herodes” (Herod), “espinos” (thorns), “manos”

(hands).

Acrostic: “VARON”, (man), “DOLORES” (sorrows),

“DE” (of), “Y” (and), “DESECHADO”, (forsaken)

The vertical word is “REY”(king). When solved the

acrostic says “Man of sorrows, acquainted with

brokenness, despised and forsaken”.]

Cut Out Craft Cut out the rectangle at the foot of the page. Then cut

out the two thrones. Fold them on the dashed lines and

glue only that part to the area marker with XXX on the

rectangle. Leave the rest loose to be able to read the list

of those who judged against Jesus and to see who wants

to be with Jesus. Write you name on the side you

choose. Choose to be with the believers!

Write your name in the

side you choose

Choose the side of the believers!

Everyone has to

choose

Who will you go

with?

Herod

Pharisees soldiers

the people

priests

rulers

All those

who have believed

in Christ


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A Dark Noonday (Un Mediodía Oscuro)

Matthew 27:32-61; Mark 15:21-47; Luke 23:26-53; John 19:-17-42

Aim: That each student understand that Jesus, the Son of God, died in his or her place to pay the debt of sin that he

or she owed. That each student accept Him as his or her Savior.

Propósitos: Que cada alumno entienda que Jesús, el Hijo de Dios, murió en su lugar para pagar la deuda del pecado

que él debía. Que cada alumno lo acepte como su Salvador.

Emphasis for Lower Level: The great love of Christ for us that made Him suffer so for us.

Emphasis for Middle Level: Be strong like the women and like John. Don’t be afraid of being a believer in Jesus.

Emphasis for Upper Level: Don’t just believe in Jesus but also serve Him in spite of the problems or dangers that

may come upon you.

Énfasis pare los menores: E1 gran amor de Cristo por nosotros que lo hizo sufrir tanto por nosotros.

Énfasis pare los medianos: Ser valientes como las mujeres y como Juan. No tener miedo de ser creyentes en Jesús.

Énfasis pare los mayores: No sólo creer en Jesús, sino también servirle a pesar de los problemas o peligros que

puedan presentarse.

Surprise: A flask of perfume. Say: “Hoy vamos a oír de una cosa que costaba mucho y tenía un olor muy agradable,

un perfume especial” (“Today we’re going hear about something that was very expensive and had a very pleasing

odor, a special perfume.”)


Narrador (Narrator)

Jesús (Jesus)

Centurión (centurion)

Dos soldados (two soldiers)

Sacerdote (priest)

Gentió (Crowd)

Pedro (Peter)

Juan (John)

María (Maria)

Simón Cirineo (Simon of Cyrene)

Dos ladrones (two thieves)

José de Arimatea (Joseph of Arimathea)

Nicodemo (Nicodemus)

1º Acto

[La Via Dolorosa]

Narrador: Ayer hablamos de una mañana muy larga

y triste. Empezó todavía de noche cuando Judas llevó

a los enemigos de Jesús al Getsemaní. ¿Cómo lo

traicionó? [Deja que responden.] Sí, con un beso.

¿Quién trató de defender a Jesús con un cuchillo?

[Deja que responden.] Sí, Pedro. Pero Jesús no quiso

defenderse. Y los discípulos se fueron corriendo.

Luego los enemigos llevaron a Jesús atado en frente

de los líderes judíos, donde le acusaron y lo

maltrataron. Entonces lo llevaron al gobernador

romano. ¿Cómo se llamaba? [Deja que responden.]

Sí, Pilato. ¿Encontró él culpa en Cristo? No, ninguna.

Props:

Three crosses

Nails

Crown of thorns

Sign for over the cross

Dice for soldiers

Cup for gall and wine

Sponge

Sound effect for earthquake

Sheet for wrapping Jesus

Myrrh and aloes for wrapping Jesus

Act 1

[The Via Dolorosa]

Narrator: Yesterday we talked about a very long and

sad morning. It started while it was still night when

Judas took Jesus’ enemies to Gethsemane. How did

he betray him? [Let them respond] Yes, with a kiss.

Who tried to defend Jesus with a knife? [Let them

respond] Yes, Peter. But Jesus didn’t want to defend

himself. And the disciples ran away. Later the

enemies took Jesus bound to the Jewish leaders

where they accused and mistreated Him. Then they

took him to the Roman governor. What was his

name? [Let them respond] Yes, Pilate. Did he find

guilt in Christ? No, none.



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Narrador: Los soldados azotaron cruelmente a Jesús,

y se burlaron de É1, vistiéndole de rey, poniéndole

una corona de espinas, golpeándolo, escupiéndolo, y

riéndose de É1. Los sacerdotes y líderes pidieron que

soltaran a un criminal y pidieron que crucificaran a

Jesús. Pilato lo entregó para ser crucificado.

[Gentío entra y hace fila a lo largo del escenario.]

Narrador: Una multitud se reunió para mirar.

[Centurión, Soldados y Jesús entran caminando con

dificultad. Jesús lleva la cruz.]

Narrador: La espalda del Señor estaba toda herida

por los azotes que le dieron. La cruz fue muy pesada.

É1 estaba cansado y débil de su prueba penosa.

[Sacerdote y Discípulos entran y sigue a Jesús.]

[Soldados abren paso entre el gentío]

Soldado 1: ¡Abran paso! ¡Abran paso!

Sacerdote: [a Jesús] ¡Reciba lo que merece!

[Discípulos lloran]

[Jesús tropieza y cae]

[Soldado 1 hace como hablando a Solado 2.]

Narrador: Un soldado dijo al otro: “Él es tan débil.

No puede cargar más su cruz.”

[Soldado 2 hace como hablando a Soldado 1.]

Soldado 2: Replicó: “¿Que vamos a hacer? No

quiero estar aquí todo el día.”

Soldado 1: [a Simón] Tu. Ven aquí. ¿Cómo se

llama?

[Simón acera al soldado.]

Simón: Simón Cirineo.

[Soldado 1 hace como hablando a Simón.]

Narrador: Replicó: “Está bien, Simón Cirineo, va a

cargar esa cruz. ¡Vámonos!”

[Simón levanta la cruz y camina. El gentío sigue

llorando.]

[Jesús para y mira al gentío.]

Jesús: Hijas de Jerusalén.

Narrador: Continuó: “No lloren por mí; lloren más

bien por ustedes y por sus hijos.”

Aún en su hora de dolor el Señor Jesús pensaba más

en los otros que en sí mismo. É1 sabía que pronto

pasaría esa prueba tan horrible con gran victoria, pero

que Jerusalén seguiría sufriendo terriblemente por su

pecado.

[Todos salen]

2º Acto

[Calvario]

Narrador: Los soldados y Cristo salieron fuera de

Jerusalén. Había también dos criminales, cargando

cada uno su cruz. Iban a ser crucificados también a

ser castigados por sus propios crímenes. Pero el

Señor Jesús iba para ser castigado por los pecados de

todo el mundo. Por fin llegaron al Calvario, el cerro

donde lo iban a crucificar. Se llamaba Gó1gota en

hebreo y Calvario en latín. Ambos nombres quieren

decir calavera.

Narrator: The soldiers cruelly whipped Jesus and

mocked Him dressing like a king, putting a crown of

thorns on Him, hitting Him, spitting on Him, and

laughing at Him. The priests and leaders asked that

they free a criminal and asked that they crucify Jesus.

Pilate delivered him to be crucified.

[Crowd enters and makes a line across the stage.]

Narrator: A multitude gathered to watch.

[Centurion, Soldiers & Jesus enter walking with

difficulty. Jesus is carrying the cross.]

Narrator: The Lord’s back was completely wounded

from the lashes they gave him. He was carrying that

huge beam with difficulty. He was tired and weak

from his ordeal.

[Priest and Disciples enter and follow Jesus.]

[Soldiers make a path through the crowd]

Soldier 1: Make way! Make way!

Priest: [to Jesus] You are getting what you deserve!

[Disciples cry]

[Jesus stumbles and falls]

[Soldier 1 acts like he’s talking to Soldier 2.]

Narrator: One soldier said to another: “He is so

weak. He isn’t able to carry the cross anymore.”


Narrator: He replied: “What are we going to do? I

don’t want to be here all day.”

Soldier 1: [to Simon] You. Come here. What’s your

name?

[Simon approaches the soldier.]

Simon: Simon of Cyrene.

[Soldier 1 acts like he’s talking to Simon.]

Narrator: He answered: “O.K. Simon of Cyrene,

you are going to carry that cross. Let’s go!”

[Simon lifts up the cross and walks. The crowd

follows weeping.]

[Jesus stops and looks at the crowd.]

Jesus: Daughters of Jerusalem.

Narrator: He continued: “Don’t cry for me, cry even

more for yourselves and your children.”

Even in his hour of pain the Lord Jesus was thinking

more of others that of himself. He knew that soon this

horrible test would end with a great victory but that

Jerusalem would keep on suffering terribly for its sin.

[Everyone exits.]

Act 2

[Calvary]

Narrator: The soldiers and Christ went out of

Jerusalem. There were also two criminals, each

carrying his cross. They were going to be crucified

too to be punished for their own crimes. But the Lord

Jesus was going to be punished for the sins of the

whole world. At last they arrived at the Calvary, the

hill where they were going to be crucified. It is called

Golgotha in Hebrew and Calvary in Latin. Both

names mean skull.



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[Todos entran. Los solidados y Simón y los presos

primeros y el gentío después.]

Narrador: Ofrecieron a los prisioneros un vino

mezclado con hiel para beber porque la hiel ayudaba

a calmar el dolor.

[Solado ofrece hiel a los presos. Los ladrones beben

pero Jesús, no.]

Narrador: Jesús no lo quiso tomar porque quiso

llevar todo el castigo por nosotros, y tenía que sentir

todo el dolor en su cuerpo.

[Los soldados los desnudan a los tres y los clavan a

las cruces. Todos gritan mucho por el dolor.]

[Los soldados ponen las cruces en los huecos.]

Jesús: Padre.


Narrador: Continuó: “Perdónalos, porque no saben

lo que hacen.”

¡Qué gran amor, que podía perdonar a los que tanta

maldad le hacían! Si amamos al Señor y agradecemos

lo que É1 nos perdonó, debemos también perdonar a

los que nos hacen maldades.

[Soldados reparten la ropa de los condenados.

Soldado 1 sostiene la túnica de Jesús.]

[Soldada 1 hace como hablando a Soldado 2.]

Narrador: Un soldado dijo al otro: “Un La túnica de

ese Jesús es muy especial, sin costura, y no quiero

romperla.”

[Soldado 2 hace como hablando a Soldado uno.]

Narrador: Replicó: “Echamos un bolado para ver a

quién se le queda.”

[Soldados echan el bolado y soldado 2 la gana.]

Narrador: Ellos no sabían que estaban cumpliendo

la profecía (de Salmo 22:18) que dice, “Repartieron

entre sí mis vestidos, y sobre mi ropa echaron

suertes.”

[Centurión pone la marca en la cruz de Jesús]

Narrador: Pilato había mandado poner un título en

la cruz que decía, “ESTE ES JESUS DE NAZARET,

REY DE LOS JUDÍOS”.

Sacerdote: Centurión.

[Sacerdote hace como hablando al Centurión.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Cambia ese letrero, que no diga

‘Rey de los judíos’, sino que diga ‘É1 dijo que era el

Rey de los judíos’.”

[Centurión hace como hablando al Sacerdote.]

Narrador: Replicó: “Pilato dijo, ‘Lo que he escrito,

he escrito’.”

Dios así usó a este gobernador incrédulo para que

este testimonio se diera a todo el mundo.

Había una gran multitud allí. Además de los que

habían ido expresamente a ver, muchos de los que

pasaban también se quedaban.

[Uno del gentío señala a Jesús y hace como si

gritándole.]

[All enter. The soldiers, Simon, and the prisoners

first and the crowd after.]

Narrator: Here at Calvary they offered the prisoners

wine mixed with gall to drink because the bile would

have helped to ease the pain.

[Soldier offers gall to the prisoners. The robbers

drink but Jesus doesn’t]

Narrator: Jesus didn’t take it because he wanted to

bear all the punishment for us and had to feel all the

pain in His body.

[Soldiers strip the three and nail them to the crosses.

They all cry out from the pain.]

[Soldiers put the crosses into the holes.]

Jesus: Father. [Jesus acts like he’s praying.]

Narrator: He continued: “Forgive them because they

don’t know what they are doing.”

What great love that He could forgive those who did

Him such evil! If we love the Lord and accept that He

has forgiven us, we ought to also forgive those who

have done us evil.

[Soldiers divide the clothes of the condemned.

Soldier 1 holds up Jesus’ robe.]


Narrator: One soldier said to another: “The tunic of

that Jesus is very special, seamless, and I don’t want

to tear it.”


Narrator: He answered: “Let’s cast lots over it to see

with whom it will remain.”

[Soldiers cast lots and soldier 2 wins it.]

Narrator: They didn’t know that they had fulfilled

the prophecy (of Psalm 22:18) that says, “They

divided up my clothing and over my robe they cast

lots.”

[Centurion puts sign on Jesus’ cross]

Narrator: Pilate had ordered a sign placed on the

cross that said, “THIS IS JESUS OF NAZERETH,

KING OF THE JEWS.”

Priest: Centurion.

[Priest acts like he’s talking to the Centurion.]

Narrator: He said: “Change that sign so that it

doesn’t say ‘King of the Jews’ but rather ‘He said he

was the King of the Jews.’”

[Centurion acts like he’s talking to the Priest.]

Narrator: He answered: “Pilate said “What I have

written, I have written.”

God thus used this unbelieving governor so that

testimony would be given to the whole world.

There was a great multitude there. In addition to

those who had come expressly to see many who

passed by also remained.

[One of crowd points at Jesus and acts like he’s

shouting at him.]



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Narrador: Uno de gentío gritó: “Tú que derribabas

el templo y en tres días lo volvías a levantar, ahora,

sálvate a ti mismo. Si eres Hijo de Dios, desciende de

la cruz.” [Sacerdote hace como hablando al gentío.]

Narrador: Uno de los sacerdotes dijo: “A otros

salvó, pero a sí mismo no se puede salvar. Si es el

Rey de Israel, descienda ahora de la cruz y creeremos

en él.”

[Soldado 1 se ríe y hace como hablando a Jesús.]

Narrador: Los soldados se burlaron de él diciendo:

“Sí, Rey de los Judíos, sálvate a ti mismo.

Aún uno de los otros crucificados se burló a él.

[Ladrón 1 hace como hablando a Jesús.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Si tú eres el Cristo, sálvate a ti

mismo y a nosotros.”

Pero el otro ladrón, no.

[Ladrón 2 hace como hablando a Ladrón 1.]

Narrador: Dijo: “¿No temes a Dios, estando en la

misma condenación? Nosotros estamos sufriendo lo

que merecemos, pero este no hizo nada malo.”

[Ladrón 2 hace como hablando a Jesús.]

Narrador: Dijo a Jesús: “Acuérdate de mí cuando

vengas en tu reino.”

Jesús: Hoy estarás conmigo en el paraíso.

Narrador: ¡Qué esperanza más preciosa! Pronto iba

a pasar del horrible sufrimiento al gozo eterno. Pero

el otro ladrón no tuvo nada de esperanza. Somos lo

mismo, somos creyentes, o somos incrédulos. ¿En

cuál lado estás tú?

Junto a la cruz estaba María, la madre de Jesús, y

otras mujeres, y Juan, el discípulo amado.

Jesús: [a Maria] Mujer, he ahí tu hijo. [a Juan] He

ahí tu madre.

Narrador: Otra vez vemos que en su sufrimiento, el

Señor pensó en los demás. Quiso que Juan cuidara a

su madre.

A1 llegar el mediodía una oscuridad espantosa cubrió

la tierra. Duró tres horas. Nada se veía en esas

tinieblas. Jesús sentía la culpa y la vergüenza de

todos los pecados del mundo. Sabía que su Padre no

podía ver ese pecado. Sentía tanto la separación de su

Padre con quien estaba desde la eternidad.

Jesús: “Dios mío, Dios mío, ¿por qué me has

desamparado?”

Narrador: Jesús llevaba los pecados del mundo en

su cuerpo. Fue hecho pecado por nosotros. Fue la

ofrenda que nos compró la salvación.

Jesús: Tengo sed.

[Juan da una esponja a Él]

Jesús: ¡Consumado es! Padre, en tus manos

encomiendo mi espíritu. [Inclina la cabeza]

[La tierra tiembla]

Narrator: One of crowd shouted:” You who could

destroy the temple and in three days raise it up, now

save yourself. If you are the Son of God, descend

from the cross.”

[Priest acts like he’s talking to the crowd.]

Narrator: One of the priests said: “He saved others

but he cannot save himself. If he is King of Israel,

come down now from the cross, we will believe in

him.”

[Soldier 1 laughs and acts like he’s talking to Jesus.]

Narrator: The soldiers mocked him saying: “Yes,

King of the Jews, save yourself.”

Even one of the others being crucified mocked him.

[Thief 1 acts like he’s talking to Jesus.]

Narrator: He said: “If you are the Christ, save

yourself and us.”

But the other thief didn’t.

[Thief 2 acts like he’s talking to Thief 1.]

Narrator: He said: “Don’t you fear God being in the

same condemnation? We are getting what we deserve

but that one has done nothing wrong.”

[Thief 2 acts like he’s talking to Jesus]

Narrator: He told Jesus: “Remember me when you

come into your kingdom”

Jesus: Today you will be with me in paradise.

Narrator: What a precious hope! Soon he is going to

pass from the horrible suffering to eternal joy. But

the other thief had nothing to hope for. We are the

same, we are believers or unbelievers. Which side are

you on?

Together at the cross were Mary, Jesus’ mother, other

women and John, the beloved disciple.

Jesus: [to Mary] Woman, here is your son. [to John]

Here is your mother.

Narrator: Once again we see that in His suffering,

the Lord thought of others. He wanted John to care

for His mother.

When noon arrived, a terrifying darkness covered the

earth. It lasted three hours. Nothing was visible in

this darkness. Jesus felt the guilt and shame of all the

sins of the world. He knew that His Father couldn’t

look upon that sin. He so felt the separation from his

Father with whom He had been for eternity.

Jesus: My God, My God, why have you forsaken

me?

Narrator: Jesus bore the sins of the world in His

body. He was made sin for us. He was the offering

that bought us salvation.

Jesus: I thirst.

[John gives Him a sponge]

Jesus: It is finished! Father into Your hands I

commend my spirit. [Lowers his head]

[The earth shakes]



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Centurión: ¡Terremoto!

[Todos caen]

Narrador: La tierra temblaba, las piedras se

partieron. Los sepulcros se abrieron. E1 centurión y

sus compañeros, cuando vieron todas esas cosas, y

que Jesús murió clamando con fuerza, entregando É1

mismo su vida, se asustaron mucho.

[Centurión hace como hablando a la audiencia.

Narrador: El centurión exclamó: “Verdaderamente

este hombre era justo; era el Hijo de Dios.”

[Gentío se pega en sus pechos y llora]

Uno de gentío: ¡Estamos equivocados!

[Todos salen corriendo menos los soldados y

discípulos.]

Narrador: A la misma vez, el velo del templo se

rasgó en dos desde arriba abajo. E1 velo antes dividía

el lugar santo del lugar santísimo. Sólo el sumo

sacerdote podía entrar allí. Rasgando el velo, Dios

mostró que ya la vía estaba abierta para entrar en su

presencia por medio del cuerpo quebrantado de su

Hijo.

[Soldados bajan a los condenados]

Narrador: Hubo un senador noble, bueno y justo

llamado José de Arimatea. É1 no había consentido en

el consejo de matar a Jesús, pero por miedo no decía

que era creyente. Decidió hacer lo que podía por el

Señor. José era rico, y tenía una sepultura nueva que

él había mandado cavar en una peña en un jardín

cerca del Calvario. É1 quería que el Señor tuviera ese

lugar que había preparado para sí mismo. Pilato dio

el permiso.

[José y Nicodemo entran con sábana y especias.]

Narrador: Nicodemo, otro senador que antes creía

en secreto, llevó un compuesto de mirra y de áloes.

[José y Nicodemo envuelven el cuerpo de Jesús,

poniendo al dentro las especias.]

Narrador: Los judíos usaban esas especias para

preparar los cuerpos para el entierro.

[José y Nicodemo levantan el cuerpo de Jesús y

salen]

[Discípulos sigan José y Nicodemo.]

Narrador: Pusieron el cuerpo de Jesús en el sepulcro

nuevo de José.

[Soldados salen.]

Narrador: Después de poner el cuerpo en la tumba,

rodaron una piedra muy grande y pesada frente de la

puerta. Ya era casi de noche. Se fueron rápidamente

porque tenían que purificarse antes del sábado (el día

de reposo). Las mujeres vieron donde lo pusieron, y

se fueron también a casa con sus corazones tristes

para reposar en el sábado, llorando la muerte de su

Señor.

Centurion: Earthquake!

[Everyone falls]

Narrator: The earth shook, the rocks split. Tombs

opened. The centurion and his companions, when

they saw these things, and that Jesus cried out

forcefully giving up His own life, they were very

afraid.

[Centurion acts like he’s talking to the audience.]

Narrator: The centurion exclaimed: “Truly this man

was righteous, He was the Son of God.”

[Crowd beats their chests and weeps]

One of the crowd: We are wrong!

[All leave running except soldiers and disciples.]

Narrator: At the same time, the veil of the temple

split in two from top to bottom. The veil previously

divided the holy place from the most holy place.

Only the high priest could enter there. By tearing the

veil, God showed that the way was open to enter into

His presence though the broken body of His Son.

[Soldiers lower the condemned]

Narrator: There was a noble senator, good and

righteous, named Joseph of Arimathea. He had not

agreed in the council to death for Jesus but for fear

hadn’t said he was a believer. He decided what he

would do for the Lord. Joseph was rich and had a

new sepulcher that he had ordered carved into a cliff

in a garden nearby Calvary. He wanted the Lord to

have that place he had prepared for himself. Pilate

gave permission.

[Joseph and Nicodemus enter with sheet and spices.]

Narrator: Nicodemus, another senator who before

secretly believed, brought a mixture of myrrh and

aloes.

[Joseph and Nicodemus wrap Jesus’ body placing

spices inside.]

Narrator: The Jews used these spices to prepare

bodies for burial.

[Joseph and Nicodemus lift up Jesus’ body and exit.]

[Disciples follow Joseph and Nicodemus.]

Narrator: They placed Jesus’ body in Joseph’s new

sepulcher.

[Soldiers exit.]

Narrator: After putting the body in the tomb, they

rolled a very big, heavy stone in front of the door. It

was already almost night. They quickly left because

they had to purify themselves before the Sabbath (the

day of rest). The women saw where they put Him and

also went home, with sad hearts, to rest on the

Sabbath, mourning the death of their Lord.



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Narrador: Unos de los judíos, enemigos de Jesús,

vieron también donde lo sepultaron. Fueron a Pilato a

pedir una guardia para el sepulcro para que los

discípulos no pudieron robar el cuerpo y Pilato

estuvo de acuerdo. Pusieron un sello en la piedra para

que nadie se atreviera a moverla. Por eso pensaron

evitar que los discípulos dijeran que Jesús había

resucitado. Mañana veremos qué pasó con el guardia

y ese sello en la tumba.

Narrator: Some of the Jews, enemies of Jesus, also

saw where they buried Him. They went to Pilate to

ask a guard for the tomb so that the disciples couldn’t

steal the body and Pilate agreed. They put a seal on

the stone so that no one would dare to move it. Thus

they thought to prevent the disciples from saying that

Jesus had risen. Tomorrow we will see what

happened with the guard and that seal on the tomb.



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Preguntas Para Aplicación ¿En quién pensaba Cristo cuando estaba en la cruz?

¿En sí mismo? [No] ¿En quién? [Los soldados, su

mujer, todos] ¿Para quiénes pidió Jesús a su Padre

perdón? [Para los que lo clavaron en la cruz]

¿Cuáles fueron las diferentes maneras de dolor que

sufrió Cristo en la cruz? [Dolor del cuerpo, sed,

vergüenza, el peso del pecado del mundo, separación

de su Padre]

¿Qué dijo Cristo inmediatamente antes de que

muriera? [“Padre, en tus manos encomiendo mi

espíritu.”] En realidad, ¿mataron a Cristo? [No,

Cristo entregó su vida.] Sí, nadie se la quitó.

¿Por qué murió Cristo en la cruz? [Por los pecados

del todo el mundo] ¿Y por quién murió? [Por

nosotros]

¿Recuerdan a los dos ladrones? ¿Qué pasó con ellos?

[Uno rechazó a Cristo y el otro lo aceptó]

Para los creyentes: Cada vez que oímos esta historia

debemos sentirnos más listos para hacer todo lo

posible para que otros crean también. Cristo murió

por todos. Y al pensar en lo que él sufrió, debemos

tener más fuerza y valor, como tuvieron Nicodemo y

José de Arimatea, de servir al Señor a pesar de lo que

digan y lo que hagan los que no lo aman. Si antes tú

creías en secreto, no tengas más miedo ni vergüenza

de confesar a Cristo. Ponte a su lado para que todos

lo sepan.

Para los no creyentes: Esta historia de la crucifixión

de nuestro Señor Jesús es la historia más importante

en todo el mundo, porque sin su muerte, nadie podría

ser salvo. Todos estamos perdidos, condenados, pero

si aceptamos a Jesús como Salvador, él nos da el

perdón, porque él ya pago la muerte que debíamos.

Sólo tenemos que aceptar el regalo que nos ofrece. Si

no aceptamos a Cristo, siempre quedamos perdidos

como el ladrón no arrepentido. ¿Cómo cuál ladrón

serás tú? Tú estás de un lado, o estás del otro. Busca

el del perdón. No rechaces al Señor que tanto sufrió

por ti.

Application Questions Of whom was Christ thinking on the cross? Himself?

[No] Of whom? [The soldiers, his mother, everyone.]

For whom did Jesus ask His Father for forgiveness?

[Those who nailed Him to the cross.]

What kinds of pain did Christ suffer on the cross?

[Bodily pain, thirst, shame, the weight of the sin of

the world, separation from His Father]

What did Christ say immediately before He died?

[“Father into your hands I commend my spirit.”] In

reality, did they kill Christ? [No, Christ laid down his

life] Yes, no one took it.

Why did Christ die on the cross? [For the sins of the

whole world] And for whom did he die? [For us]

Remember the two thieves? What happened with

them? [One rejected Christ and the other accepted

Him.]

For the believers: Each time we hear this story we

should feel more ready to do everything possible so

that others can believe too. Christ died for us.

Thinking about what He suffered, we should have

more strength and courage as Nicodemus and Joseph

of Arimathea did for serving the Lord in spite of what

is said and done by those who don’t love Him. If

before you believed in secret, don’t be ashamed any

more from confessing Christ. Put yourself on his side

so that everyone knows it.

For the unbelievers: This story of our Lord Jesus’

crucifixion is the more important story in the whole

world, because without His death, no one could be

saved. All of us are lost, condemned, but if we accept

Jesus as Savior, He will forgive us because He has

already paid the death that we should have. We only

have to accept the gift that He offers us. If we don’t

accept Christ, we remain lost forever like the

unrepentant thief. Which thief will you be like? You

are on one side or the other. Seek the side of

forgiveness. Don’t reject the Lord who suffered so

for you.



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Alumno 1 – 1 Juan 3:16 “… É1 puso su vida por

nosotros....”

Alumno 2 – 1 Timoteo 2:5, 6 “Porque hay un solo

Dios, y un solo mediador entre Dios y los hombres,

Jesucristo, hombre, el cual se dio a sí mismo en

rescate por todos…”

Alumno 3 – 1 Pedro 2:24. “Quien llevó él mismo

nuestros pecados en su cuerpo sobre el madero, para

que nosotros, estando muertos a los pecados, vivamos

a la justicia; y por cuya herida fuisteis sanados”

Memory Verses:

Student 1 – 1 John 3:16 “… He laid down His life for

us …”

Student 2 – 1 Timothy 2:5, 6 “For there is only one

God, and only one mediator between God and men,

the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom

for all …”

Student 3 – 1 Peter 2:24 “Who Himself bore our sins

in His body on the cross so that we, being dead in our

sins, live in righteousness; for by His wounds you

were healed.”



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(1) For an object lesson, make three crosses: a red one in the middle, a black one on one side, and a white one

on the other side. Place them in a sand table like the

drawing at right.

Explain that the black cross represents the thief who

rejected Jesus and the white one represents the thief

who accepted Him. Say that the one who accepted

Jesus had his sins forgiven but the other one went on

from the agony of the cross to eternal punishment.

Say that we have to make the same choice as the two

thieves and we’ll either end up in heaven with Jesus

or in eternal punishment. Invite the children to come

stand on the side of the pardoned thief if they have

accepted Christ or if they want to accept Him right now. Point out to those who remain seated they are

choosing to reject Jesus but that they can change their minds and come up.

(2) Color today’s emblem (cross) and the Bible text sheet (if used).



(4) Color the lesson title page drawing on page13 of the student book.

(5) Do the lesson response sheet on page 14 the student book. See the next three pages for translated versions.

(6) Do the cut out craft on page 15 the student book. See the next three pages for translated versions.




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Alumno 1 – Response Sheet Connect the dots, color the drawing which appears, and

write the missing word at the foot of the drawing.

Jesus died on the __ __ __ __.

[Answer: “cruz” (cross)]

Cut Out Craft Cut out the square with the hymn. Glue it to some

cardboard. Decorate it as you like. Hang it at home or

give it to a friend. Always remember what Christ did for

you on the cross.

Jesus Christ tells you:

My life for you,

My blood poured out,

For you, I was sacrified,

By grace, I saved you.



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Alumno 2 – Response Sheet Read the story. Find the underlined words in the word

search puzzle and circle them. They can be vertical or

horizontal.

Jesus took his cross [cruz] to Golgatha [Gólgota].

There he was crucified with nails [clavos] in his hands

and his feet. Over his head was this inscription: This is

Jesus, the King [Rey] of the Jews. Nearby the cross was

his mother, Mary [María] and his disciple John [Juan].

Jesus cried out: My God [Dios mio], my God, why have

you forsaken me? He was between two thieves

[ladrones]. One didn’t believe but the other did and

Jesus promised him: Today you will be with me in

Paradise [Paraíso].

When Jesus died, the veil [velo] in the temple ripped in

two. Jesus died for you, so that you can have eternal

salvation if you receive him as Savior.




you on the cross.


My life for you,






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Alumno 3 – Response Sheet Write the missing words into the story. Then find them

in the word search puzzle and make a circle around

them. They can be vertical or horizontal.

The Lord ___________ carried his heavy _________ to

Calvary, which is also called __________. There he was

crucified with ____________ in his hands and his

_____________. Over his head was written: This is

Jesus, the ____________ of the Jews. Nearby the cross

were his mother _________ and his disciple _________.

Jesus cried out: ______ _____, my God, why have you

forsaken me? He was between two ___________. One

didn’t believe but the other did and Jesus promised him:

Today you will be with me in __________. When Jesus

died, the ________ of the temple _________ in two.

God accepted the sacrifice of His Son.

[Answers: “Jesús”(Jesus), “cruz”(cross), “Gólgota”,

(Golgotha), “calvos” (nails), “pies” (feet), “rey”

(king), “María” (Mary), “Juan” (John), “Dios mio”

(my God), “ladrones” (thieves), “paraíso” (paradise),

“velo” (veil), “rasgó” (ripped)]




you on the cross.


My life for you,





Día 5 – Un Día Glorioso Day 5 – A Glorious Day

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A Glorious Day (Un Día Glorioso)

Matthew 27:62-28:20, Mark 16:1-20; Luke 23:54-24:53; John 20:1-21:25

Aims: That each student recognize that Christ is not only the Savior who died for him or her but that He is Christ

victorious, alive, who is at the right hand of God interceding for him or her.

Propósitos: Que cada alumno reconozca que Cristo no es solamente el Salvador que murió por él, sino que es el

Cristo victorioso, vivo, y que está a la diestra de Dios intercediendo por él.

Emphasis for Lower Level: The care that our Lord Jesus has for us and the he lives today interceding for us at the

right hand of God.

Emphasis for Middle Level: To trust in the Lord and in His great power over the grave, over men and rulers, and

over the laws of nature.

Emphasis for Upper Level: To recognize that the risen Christ has the right to rule in your whole life. To recognize

that Jesus is your Lord and your God.

Énfasis pare los menores: El cuidado que tiene el Señor Jesús de nosotros, y que vive hoy orando por nosotros a la

diestra de Dios el Padre.

Énfasis pare los medianos: Confiar en el Señor y en su gran poder sobre la tumba, sobre los hombres y los

gobiernos, y sobre las leyes naturales.

Énfasis pare los mayores: Reconocer que el Cristo resucitado tiene derecho de mandar en toda su vida. Reconocer

que Jesús es su Señor y su Dios.

Surprise: A piece of grilled fish or a honeycomb. Say: “Hoy vamos a ver a quién comió esto y por qué. ¡No fue

porque tenía hambre!” (“Today we are going to see who ate this and why. It wasn’t because he was hungry!”)

Or: A piece of bread. Say: “Hoy vamos a oír cómo un pan ayudó a unos hombres a conocer a otro.” (“Today we’re

going to hear how a piece of bread helped some men recognize someone.”)


Narrador (Narrator)

Jesús (Jesus)

Soldados (soldiers)

Angel

María Magdalena (Mary Magdalene)

María la Madre de Jacob (Mary, Jacob’s mother)

Salomé (Salome)

Juan (John)

Pedro (Peter

Cleofas (Cleophas)

Tomás (Thomas)

1º Acto

[La Tumba]

Narrador: Ayer en el drama dejamos a los creyentes

tristes. ¿Por qué lloraban? [Deja que responden.] Sí,

estaban tristes por la muerte del Señor Jesús. Ellos

creían que É1 había venido para ser el rey de Israel.

Pero se acabaron todas sus esperanzas. No entendían

que Cristo primero tenía que sufrir y morir por todos.

¿Qué son unas de las cosas que Cristo sufrió en la

lección de ayer? [Deja que responden.] Cargar la

cruz, con la carne de su espalda toda herida, hasta no

poder... oír la burla de la gente...

Props:

Tomb and stone

Sound effect for earthquake

Big sack for embalming spices

Grilled fish for room in Jerusalem

Act 1

[The Tomb]

Narrator: Yesterday in the drama we left the

disciples sad. Why were they crying? [Let them

answer.] Yes, they were sad for the death of the Lord

Jesus. They believed He had come to be the king of

Israel. But their hopes were ended. They didn’t

understand that Christ first had to suffer and die for

all. What are some the things that Christ suffer in

yesterday’s lesson? [Let them answer.] Carrying the

cross, with the flesh of his back total torn, until he

couldn’t… hearing the mocking of the people…



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Narrador: Ver a los suyos llorando por no entender

por qué É1 tenía que sufrir... sentir la vergüenza de la

cruz, estando sin ropa... sufrir el dolor de los clavos y

la agonía del cuerpo colgado... tener esa sed terrible...

sufrir la vergüenza de la culpa del pecado de todo el

mundo... sentir la separación de su Padre Celestial.

¡Tanto sufrió É1 por nosotros!

Los discípulos no se acordaban de la promesa de la

resurrección. Pero los príncipes de los sacerdotes, sí,

recordaron. ¿Qué pidieron a Pilato? [Deja que

responden.] Sí, que les diera guardia, y que sellara la

tumba para que los discípulos no pudieran robar el

cuerpo y decir que Cristo había resucitado. Y Pilato

les dio soldados romanos y el sepulcro fue sellado.

[Soldados entran.]

Narrador: Aquí vemos a los soldados cuidando el

sepulcro. Velaban bien porque si un soldado romano

se dormía cuando estaba de servicio, lo mataban. Se

necesitarían varios hombres fuertes para remover la

piedra muy grande y pesada enfrente de la puerta.

[La tierra tiembla y el ángel entra]

Soldados: [con miedo] ¡Ahí, Ahí!

[Ángel levanta su brazo y los soldados se callan y

quedan como muertos. Ángel levanta la piedra y la

rompe lo. Ángel se esconde detrás de la tumba.]

[Soldados despiertan lentamente.]

Soldado 1: ¡Mira!


Narrador: Continuó: “¡Alguien ha movido la piedra,

y el sello está roto!”

Soldado 2: ¡Muy mal! ¿Y el cuerpo?

Soldado 1: [mira en la tumba] ¡Vacía!

Soldado 2: ¿Que haremos?


Narrador: Replicó: “No podemos ir a Pilato.

Vámonos a ver a los líderes de los judíos.”

[Soldados salen.]

Narrador: Corrieron a la ciudad para avisar a los

sacerdotes. Estaban en peligro de morir por dejar

abrir el sepulcro. Contaron del terremoto, lo que los

sacerdotes también sintieron, y del ángel y de la

tumba vacía. Ahora los sacerdotes debían haber

creído por fin, ¿verdad? Pero no quisieron creer.

Prefirieron una mentira. Dijeron a la guardia, “Diga

que los discípulos robaron el cuerpo mientras ustedes

dormían. Les pagaremos mucho dinero. Si Pilato

sabe, le persuadiremos que no les debe castigar.”

Narrador: Mientras tanto María Magdalena y María

la Madre de Jacobo y Salomé salieron temprano con

las especias que prepararon para el cuerpo de Jesús.

[Las Marías y Salomé entran y paran al lado del

escenario.]

María Magdalena: ¿Quién nos quitará la piedra?

Narrator: Seeing His own crying because they didn’t

understand that He had to suffer… feeling the shame

of the cross, being naked… suffering the pain of the

nails and the agony of being hung… Having terrible

thirst… suffering the shame of the guilt of the sin of

the whole world… feeling the separation from His

Heavenly Father. He suffered so much for us!

The disciples didn’t remember the promise of the

resurrection. But the chief priests remembered. What

did they ask Pilate? [Let them answer.] Yes, that he

would give them a guard and seal the tomb so that the

disciples wouldn’t be able to steal the body and say

that Christ had been resurrected. And Pilate gave

them Roman soldiers and sealed the sepulcher.

[Soldiers enter.]

Narrator: Here we see the soldiers guarding the

sepulcher. They watched well because if a Roman

soldier slept while on duty, they killed him. It would

take several strong men to remove the very large and

heavy stone in front of the door.

[The earth shakes and the angel enters]

Soldiers: [in fear] Ah, ah!

[The angel raises his arm and the soldiers fall down

and lay still as if they are dead. Angel lifts the stone

and breaks it. Angel hides behind tomb.]

[Soldiers awaken slowly.]

Soldier 1: Look!


Narrator: He continued: “The stone has been

removed and the seal broken!”

Soldier 2: Very bad! And the body?

Soldier 1: [looks in the tomb] Empty!

Soldier 2: What will we do?


Narrator: He answered: “We can’t go to Pilate. Let’s

go to the leaders of the Jews.”

[Soldiers exit]

Narrator: They ran to the city to tell the priests.

They were in danger of death for letting the sepulcher

be opened. They told of the earthquake, which the

priest had also felt, and the angel and the empty

tomb. Now the priests should have believed at last,

right? But they didn’t want to believe. They preferred

a lie. The told the guard, “Say that the disciples stole

the body while you were sleeping. We will pay you

much money. If Pilate finds out, we will persuade

him that he shouldn’t punish you.”

Narrator: Meanwhile Mary Magdalene and Mary

the mother of Jacob and Salome went out early with

the spices they prepared for Jesus’ body.

[The two Marys and Salome enter with spices and

stand at the side of the stage.]

Mary Magdalene: Who will remove the stone for

us?



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[Acercan la tumba. Ven que la piedra está quitado]

[María Magdalena hace como hablando a los otros.]

María Magdalena: Se han llevado el Señor. Debo

decirlo a Pedro y Juan.

[María Magdalena sale corriendo. Las otras van a la

entrada da la tumba. Ángel sale de detrás de la

tumba.]

Ángel: No temas.

[Ángel hace como hablando a las mujeres.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Yo sé que ustedes están buscando

a Jesús de Nazaret. No está aquí, porque ha

resucitado. Vean el lugar donde le pusieron.”

[Mujeres miran en la tumba]

[Ángel hace como hablando a las mujeres.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Recuerden lo que É1 les dijo, que

era necesario que É1 fuera crucificado y que

resucitara al tercer día. Vayan a decirle a sus

discípulos y que Jesús va antes que ustedes a

Galilea.”

[Las mujeres salen gozosas. Ángel se esconde detrás

de la tumba.]

Narrador: Corrieron a decir a los discípulos que

ellas habían visto la tumba vacía y que el ángel les

había dicho que Jesús vivía. Pero los discípulos

todavía no creían. Pensaban que las mujeres

hablaban locuras. A1 oír las noticias Pedro y Juan

corrieron al sepulcro tan rápido como pudieron para

ver ellos mismos. Comenzaron juntos, pero John

superó a Pedro.

[Juan entra corriendo, se agacha en la entrada de la

tumba y mira.]

[Pedro entra, corre a la tumba, y se mete adentro

inmediatamente]

Narrador: Pedro vio los lienzos y el sudario de la

cabeza envuelto en un lugar aparte.

[Juan entra a la tumba. Ambos salen de la tumba]

Juan: ¡Cristo ha resucitado!

[Ambos salen]

Narrador: Ellos volvieron alegres a los demás

discípulos, y cuando Juan llegó a su casa, tenía

noticias maravillosas para María, la madre de Jesús.

Mientras tanto, María Magdalena regresó a la tumba

sin conocer que Jesús ha resucitado.

[María Magdalena entra y miren la entrada de la

tumba llorando. Ángel sale de la tumba.]

Ángel: Mujer, ¿por qué lloras?

[María Magdalena hace como hablando al Ángel.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Porque se han llevado a mi Señor,

y no sé dónde le han puesto.”

[Jesús entra y acera a María Magdalena.]

Narrador: ¡Fue el Señor Jesús! Pero ella no sabía

que era Jesús. Creía que estaba el jardinero.

Jesús: ¿Mujer, por qué lloras? ¿A quién buscas?

[They approach the tomb. They see that the stone is

removed]

[Mary Magdalene acts like she’s talking to the

others.]

Mary Magdalene: They have taken the Lord. I must

tell it to Peter and John.

[Mary Magdalene exits running. The others go to the

entrance to the tomb. Angel come out from behind the

tomb.]

Angel: Fear not.

[Angel acts like he’s talking to the women.]

Narrator: He said: “I know that you are looking for

Jesus of Nazareth. He is not here because He has

risen. See the place where they put Him.”

[Women look in the tomb]

[Angel acts like he’s talking to the women.]

Narrator: He said: “Remember that which He told

you, that it was necessary that He would be crucified

and that he would rise on the third day. Go tell His

disciples that Jesus goes before you to Galilee.”

[The women exit joyfully. Angel hids behind the

tomb.]

Narrator: They ran to tell the disciples that they had

seen the tomb empty and that the angel had told them

that Jesus lived. But the disciples still didn’t believe.

They thought that the women were talking crazily.

On hearing the news, Peter and John ran to the

sepulcher as fast as they could to see for themselves.

They started together but John outran Peter.

[John enters running, bends down at the entrance of

the tomb and looks]

[Peter enters, runs to the tomb, and thrusts himself

inside immediately]

Narrator: Peter saw the wrappings and the headcloth

folded in a separate place.

[John enters the tomb. Both exit the tomb.]

John: Christ has risen!

[Both exit]

Narrator: They returned happy to the rest of the

disciples and when John arrived at his house, he had

wonderful news for Mary, mother of Jesus.

Meanwhile, Mary Magdaline returned to the tomb

without knowing Jesus had risen.

[Mary Magdline enters and looks at the entrance of

the tomb, crying. Angel comes out of the tomb.]

Angel: Woman why do you weep?

[Mary Magdline acts like she’s talking to Angel.]

Narrator: She said: “Because they have taken my

Lord and I don’t know where they have put Him.”

[Jesus enters and approaches Mary Magdalene.]

Narrator: It was the Lord Jesus! But she didn’t know

that it was Jesus. She thought it was the gardener.

Jesus: Woman, why the tears? Whom do you seek?



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María Magdalena: Oh, señor, si usted lo ha llevado,

dígame dónde le ha puesto, para que yo lo lleve.

Jesús: ¡María!

María Magdalena: ¡Raboni!

[María se arrodilla a los pies de Jesús y lo abraza.]

Jesús: Suéltame, porque todavía no he ido a reunirme

con mi Padre. Pero ve y di a mis hermanos que voy a

reunirme con el que es mi Padre y Padre de ustedes,

mi Dios y Dios de ustedes.

[María sale gozoso]

Narrador: María llegó a donde estaban los

discípulos reunidos y les contó que ella había visto al

Señor vivo y había hablado con É1, y que É1 le había

mandado a decirles. Pero todavía algunos no creían.

2º Acto

[El aposento alto]

Narrador: Ese mismo día Cleofas y otro creyente

iban a pie de Jerusalén a una aldea llamada Emaús.

Jesús se les apareció y les explicó el Antiguo

Testamento desde los libros de Moisés y todos los

profetas. Les enseñó cómo todas esas Escrituras

hablaban de É1 y cómo él debe sufrir, morir y

resucitar.

[Discípulos entran y sientan]

Narrador: Regresaron esa misma hora a Jerusalén.

Fueron a donde estaban los once discípulos reunidos

con otros creyentes con las puertas cerradas por

miedo de los judíos.

[Sonido de llamar a la puerta]

Pedro: ¿Quién es?

Cleofas: Cleofas.

[Pedro abre la puerta, Cleofas entra, y Pedro cierra

la puerta otra vez.]

John: E1 Señor ha resucitado.

Cleofas: Le hemos visto también en el camino a

Emaús y nos dijo todas las cosas tocantes a Él desde

las Escrituras.

[Los discípulos se quedan helados y Jesús entra sin

usar la puerta.]

Jesús: Paz.

[Discípulos están asustado.]

Narrador: Estaban espantados y asombrados. Las

puertas estaban cerradas. Pensaban que veían un

espíritu. E1 cuerpo de Jesús estaba cambiado. Era

libre de la ley de no poder pasar por una puerta

sólida.

Jesús: No tengan miedo.

[Jesús hace como hablando a los discípulos.]

Narrador: Continuó: “Miren mis manos y mis pies,

que yo mismo soy. Tóquenme y vean. Un espíritu no

tiene carne ni huesos como ustedes ven que yo

tengo.”

Mary Magdalene: Oh sir, if you have taken Him, tell

me where you have put Him, so I may get Him

Jesus: Mary!

Mary Magdeline: Rabboni!

[Mary kneels at Jesus’ feet and embraces Him]

Jesus: Release me because I still have not gone to

reunite with my Father. But go and tell my brothers

that I go to rejoin my Father and your Father, My

God and your God

[Mary exits joyfully]

Narrator: Mary arrived where the disciples were

gathered and told that she had seen the Lord and had

spoken with Him and what He had told her to tell

them. But still some did not believe.

Act 3 [The Upper Room]

Narrator: That same day Cleophas and another

believer were going from Jerusalem to a village

named Emmaus. Jesus appeared to them and

explained the Old Testament from the books of

Moses and all the prophets. He taught them how all

these scriptures spoke of Him and how he must suffer

and die and be raised again.

[Disciples enter and sit]

Narrator: They returned that same hour to

Jerusalem. They went to where the eleven disciples

joined with other believers with the doors locked for

fear of the Jews.

[Sound of knocking at the door]

Peter: Who is it?

Cleophas: Cleophas.

[Peter opens the door, Cleophas enters and Peter

locks the door again.]

John: The Lord has risen.

Cleophas: We have also seen Him on the road to

Emmaus and He told us all things concerning Him

from the Scriptures.

[Disciples freeze and Jesus enters without using the

door.]

Jesus: Peace.

[Disciples are afraid.]

Narrator: They were frightened and amazed. The

doors were locked. They though they saw a spirit.

Jesus’ body was changed. He was freed from the law

that you can’t pass through a solid door.

Jesus: Don’t be afraid.

[Jesus acts like he’s talking to the disciples.]

Narrator: He continued: “Look at my hands and my

feet, that it is me. Touch me and see. A spirit does not

have flesh nor bone as you see that I have.”



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[Discípulos se acercan a Jesús con cuidado. Juan

toca las manos de Jesús]

Juan: ¡Es verdad! ¡Es el Señor! ¡Gloria a Dios!

Todos: ¡Gloria a Dios! ¡El Señor ha resucitado!

Jesús: ¿Tienes algo que comer?

[Todos se sientan y le dan pescado asado. Comen.]

Narrador: Ahora, sí, veían que no era un espíritu. Y

los discípulos se gozaron viendo al Señor. Entonces

como se entró, se salió.

[Los discípulos se quedan helados y Jesús sale]

[Se escucha que alguien se toca la puerta]

[Pedro abre la puerta. Tomás entra.]

Pedro: ¡Tomás!

[Pedro hace como hablando a Tomás.]

Narrador: Continuó: “¡El Señor ha resucitado! Lo

hemos visto aquí en este cuarto.”

[Tomás hace como hablando a Pedro.]

Narrador: Replicó: “Si yo no meto mi dedo en el

lugar de los clavos y si no meto mi mano en su

costado, no voy a creer.”

Pero e1 próximo domingo los discípulos estaban

juntos incluyendo Tomás, aunque todavía dudaba.

Las puertas estaban cerradas.

[Discípulos se quedan helados y Jesús entra]

Jesús: Paz.

[Jesús hace como hablando a Tomás.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Tomás, mete tu dedo aquí y mete

su mano en mi costado: y no seas incrédulo, sino fiel.

[Tomás se arrodilla a los pies de Jesús y pone la

cara en el piso]

Tomás: ¡Señor mío y Dios mío!

Narrador: Lo adoró. Admitió que Jesús era su

Señor, el que tenía derecho de mandar, y mucho más,

que era Dios.

Jesús: Tomás.

[Jesús hace como hablando a Tomás.]

Narrador: Dijo: “Tú creíste porque me viste.

Bienaventurados los que no vieron y creyeron.”

¿Estamos todos entre aquellos bienaventurados? Los

que creemos en Cristo, sí, estamos entre ellos.

[Todos salen.]

Narrador: Varias veces Jesús apareció a los

discípulos durante los cuarenta días. Una vez

apareció a quinientos juntos. Por fin llegó el día

cuando Cristo iba a volver a su Padre Celestial. É1

llevó a los discípulos al monte de los Olivos. Les

mandó esperar en Jerusalén para el Espíritu Santo,

quien les iba a dar el poder. Debían predicar en

Jerusalén, y en toda Judea, y más allá en Samaria, y

en todas partes del mundo para que todos supieran

que podían ser salvados en Jesús. Prometió estar con

ellos todos los días, hasta el fin del mundo. Luego

ascendió a las nubes y dos ángeles les dijeron a los

discípulos que él volvería de la misma manera.

[Disciples approach Jesus carefully. John touches

His hands.]

John: It’s true! It is the Lord. Glory to God!

All: Glory to God! The Lord is risen!

Jesus: Do you have something to eat?

[All sit and they give Him grilled fish. They eat.]

Narrator: Now, yes, they saw that He wasn’t a spirit.

And the disciples rejoiced seeing the Lord. Then as

He entered, He left.

[Disciples freeze and Jesus exits]

[Sound of knocking on the door]

[Peter opens the door. Thomas enters.]

Peter: Thomas!

[Peter acts like he’s talking to Thomas.]

Narrator: He continued: “The Lord is raised! We

have seen Him here in this room.”

[Thomas acts like he’s talking to Peter.]

Narrator: He answered: “Unless I put my finger in

the nail holes and unless I put my hand in His side, I

will not believe.”

But the next Sunday the disciples were together

including Thomas, though he was still doubting. The

doors were locked.

[Disciples freeze and Jesus enters]

Jesus: Peace.

[Jesus acts like he’s talking to Thomas.]

Narrator: He said: “Thomas, put your finger here

and put your hand in my side and don’t be

unbelieving but believing.”

[Thomas kneels at the feet of Jesus and puts his face

on the floor]

Thomas: My Lord and my God!

Narrator: He worshiped Him. He acknowledged that

Jesus was his Lord, He that had the right to rule, and

much more, that He is God.

Jesus: Thomas.

[Jesus acts like he’s talking to Thomas.]

Narrator: He said: “You believe because you have

seen me. Blessed are those who don’t see and do

believe.”

Are all of you among those blessed ones? Those who

believe in Christ, yes, we are among them.

[Everyone exits.]

Narrator: Several times Jesus appeared to the

disciples during forty days. Once He appeared to four

hundred at once. At last the day arrived when Christ

was going to return to his Heavenly Father. He took

His disciples to the Mount of Olives. He told them to

wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit, who was going

to give them the power. He told them to preach in

Jerusalem, in all of Judea, and further in Samaria, and

in every part of the world so that all would know that

they could be saved in Jesus. He promised to be with

them always until the end of the world. Then he

ascended into the clouds and two angels told the

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Preguntas Para Aplicación ¿Qué pasó con los soldados a la tumba? [Terremoto,

ángel aparece, agotado, la tumba estaba vacía] Y

después de eso, ¿dónde fueron? [A los líderes de los

judíos] Y ellos creyeron, ¿verdad? [¡No!] No,

prefirieron una mentira y rechazaron a Cristo otra

vez. ¿Y nosotros? Sabemos que Cristo ha resucitado

pero ¿preferimos una mentira?

¿Cuándo las mujeres llegaron a la tumba, que

encontraron? [Piedra removida, tumba vacía, no

estaba el cuerpo] ¿Y que pensaron? [Que alguien se

llevó el cuerpo] ¿A quién encontraron allí? [Ángel y

Jesús] Como se sintieron cuando encontraron a Jesús.

[Muy gozosas] Si, en la misma manera podemos

tener ese gozo cuando tenemos a Cristo en nuestras

vidas.

¿Cuándo las mujeres dijeron a los discípulos que

Jesús estaba viviendo, creyeron? [No, pensaron que

las mujeres estaban locas] Y, cuando Jesús apareció

en medio de ellos, creyeron, ¿Verdad? [No, pensaron

que Él era espíritu] Fue muy difícil de creer para

ellos. ¿Quién fue el que dudo más? [Tomás] ¿Al fin,

creyó Tomás? [Si, adoró a Jesús] No debemos de ser

como Tomás cuando Cristo nos invite a tener una

vida eterna. Debemos de adorarlo inmediatamente.

¿Cómo entró Jesús en la habitación donde los

discípulos estaban esperando? [Pasó por el muro.]

Sí, el cuerpo de Jesús estaba cambiado. ¿Sabes que

algún día nosotros también habremos cambiado los

cuerpos listos para el cielo? Todos aquellos que creen

en Cristo recibirán ese cambio. Si hemos muerto,

seremos resucitados con nuevos cuerpos y si todavía

estamos vivos cuando Cristo venga, Él cambiará los

cuerpos y nos llevará con los resucitados para estar

siempre con Él. Estos cuerpos nuevos no sentirán

dolor ni se cansarán como los que tenemos ahora.

Para los creyentes: Nosotros también nos alegramos

en el Cristo vivo, sabiendo que no solamente nos

salvó, sino que intercede por nosotros

constantemente, y que vendrá por nosotros quizás

pronto. ¿Estás tú listo si viene hoy? ¿Hablas de É1

dondequiera que vas como É1 mandó?

Para los no creyentes: ¿Sabes tú que nosotros

también podemos tener ese gozo que tenían los

discípulos? Cristo no murió solamente por ellos, sino

por nosotros también. Si confiamos en él como

nuestro Salvador, que venció la muerte, él nos dará

vida eterna y gozo. Cuando venga nos llevará para

estar con él en la Gloria. Cristo puede venir cualquier

día. ¿Estás tú listo?

Application Questions What happened with the soldiers at the tomb?

[Earthquake, angel appeared, knocked out, the tomb

was empty] And after this, where did they go? [To

the leaders of the Jews] And they believed, right?

[No] No, they preferred a lie and rejected Christ

again. And us? We know that Christ is risen but do

we prefer a lie?

When the women arrived at the tomb, what did they

find? [Stone removed, tomb empty, no body] And

what did they think? [That someone had removed the

body] Who did they encounter there? [Angel and

Jesus] How did the feel when they encountered

Jesus? [Very joyful] Yes, in the same way we can

have that joy when we encounter Christ in our lives.

When the women told the disciples that Jesus was

living, did they believe? [No, they thought the women

were crazy] And when Jesus appeared in the midst of

them, they believed, right? [No, they thought the He

was a spirit] It was very difficult for them to believe.

Who doubted the most? [Thomas] In the end, did he

believe? [Yes he worshiped Jesus] We shouldn’t be

like Thomas when Christ offers us eternal life. We

ought to worship Him immediately.

How did Jesus get into the room where the disciples

were waiting? [He passed through the wall.] Yes.

Jesus’ body was changed. Do you know that someday

we too will have changed bodies ready for heaven?

All those who believe in Christ will received that

change. If we have died we will be raised with new

bodies and if we are still alive when Christ comes, He

will change our bodies and He will take us with the

resurrected to be always with Him. These changed

bodies will not feel pain or become tired like the ones

we have now.

For the believers: We too rejoice in the Living

Christ, knowing that not only did He save us but that

he intercedes for us constantly and that He will come

for us, perhaps soon. Are you ready if He comes

today? Do you speak of Him wherever you go as He

commanded?

For the unbelievers: Do you know that we, too, can

have that joy that the disciples had? Christ did not die

only for them but for us also. If we trust in Him as

our Savior, the one who defeated death, He will give

us life eternal and joy. When He comes, He will take

us up to be with Him in Glory. Christ can come any

day. Are you ready?



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Alumno 1 – Juan 11:25 “Yo soy la resurrección y la

vida…”

Alumno 2 – Juan 11:25 “Yo soy la resurrección y la

vida; el que cree en mí, aunque esté muerto, vivirá”.

Alumno 3 – I Corintios 15:17 y 20 “Si Cristo no

resucitó, vuestra fe es vana; aun estáis en vuestros

pecados. Mas ahora Cristo ha resucitado de los

muertos; primicias de los que durmieron es hecho.”

Memory Verses:

Student 1 – John 11:25 “I am the resurrection and the

life…”

Student 2 – John 11:25 “I am the resurrection and the

life, he that believes in me though he dies, he will

live”

Student 3 – 1 Corinthians 15:17 & 20 “If Christ was

not raised, our faith is vain and we are still in our

sins. But now Christ has been raised from the dead,

He is made the first fruits of those who are asleep.”



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(1) Copy the drawing of Jesus on the following page onto card stock. Color it and cut it out. Glue a magnet to

the back and a piece of paper on top of the magnet to conceal it. Make two red hearts each with two sides

as shown at right. Glued the sides together.

Put a strip of ferrous metal (such as a paper clip)

inside only one of the hearts. It’s important that

the two hearts look identical from the outside.

Read Matthew 24:40-41 (“one will be taken and

the other left behind”) and talk about how Christ

is coming for His own. Show the two hearts and

say that they seem the same on the outside. Then

bring the magnet near each heart so that the one

with the piece of metal gets lifted up. The other

one, without the metal, will stay put. Say that, just like the hearts, people may look the same on the outside

but that, when He comes for His own, those who have Christ in their hearts will go with Him and the rest

will remain behind. Ask if anyone wants to have Jesus in his or her heart so they will rise up with Him and

not be left behind.

(2) Color today’s emblem (empty tomb) and the Bible text sheet (if used).




(5) Do the lesson response sheet on page 18 the student book. See the next three pages for translated versions.

(6) Do the cut out craft on page 19 the student book. See the next three pages for translated versions.


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Alumno 1 – Response Sheet Make lines to connect the words with the drawings.

Based on the drawings tell the glorious story.

Start with phrase number 4, put the other phrases in

order and then tell the story

1. Jesus wasn’t in

the wrappings.

2. The stone had

been moved

3. An angel said:

“He is not here.”

4. The women

prepared

perfumes.

Cut Out Craft Carefully take out the page and cut out the figures.

Cut the dotted line on the cloud.

Color and cut out the figure of Jesus. Insert the figure

into the slit in the cloud and make him ascend into the

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Alumno 2 – Response Sheet Find and color the hidden drawings: the bag of spices,

the linens, the fish, the cloud, the bread.

Write a “V” to the left of everything that is true.

Write an “F” if the phrase is false.

____ 1. The women took spices to the tomb.

____ 2. They found the tomb closed.

____ 3. They saw an angel.

____ 4. They saw Jesus’ body in the tomb.

____ 5. The angel said: “He is not here”.

____ 6. Jesus appeared to his disciples.

____ 7 Jesus returned to heaven in an airplane.

[Answers: 1-V, 2-F, 3-V, 4-F, 5-V, 6-V, 7-F]

Cut Out Craft Cut out the two

squares. Cut along

the two dotted

lines. Don’t cut

further than where

they are marked.

Cut out and

remove the piece

marked “remove”.

Put square A

behind the square

B and insert point

A into the slit in

B. Insert point C

into the slit in the

clouds. Pull point

A down. Pull it up

to see the Lord

ascend to heaven.

From the Mount of

Olives, the Lord Jesus ascended to heaven.

He is at the right hand

of the Father. He will return again.

rem

ove



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Alumno 3 – Response Sheet While the Roman __________ guarded the tomb, there

was an earthquake. A shining angel descended and

rolled away the _________, sat on it, and frightened the

soldiers so much that they fainted.

Some women prepared spices to anoint the body of the

Lord. The ____________ told them: He is not here! He

has risen!

John and _____________ ran to the sepulcher. They

saw only the linens and they believed.

Jesus appeared many times to the believers, teaching

them many things and, finally, after ___________ days,

Jesus ascended to __________ as the disciples watched.

Alfterwards, two __________ promised that Jesus

would come again.

Tell this story to your friends. Show them how the Lord

ascended to heaven and how two angelse appeared to

the disciples with the promise: “He will come again just

as you have seen him go to heaven.

Find and color the hidden drawings: the bag of spices,

the linens, the fish, the cloud, the bread.

[Answers: “soldados” (soldiers), “piedra” (stone),

“ángel” (angel), “Pedro” (Peter), 40, “cielo” (heaven),

“ángeles” (angels).]

Cut Out Craft Cut out the two

squares. Cut

along the two

dotted lines.

Don’t cut

further than

where they are

marked. Cut

out and remove

the piece

marked

“remove”. Put

square A

behind the

square B and

insert point A

into the slit in

B. Insert point

C into the slit

in the clouds.

Pull point A

down. Pull it

up to see the

Lord ascend to

heaven.

From the Mount of Olives, the Lord Jesus

ascended to heaven.

He is at the right hand of the Father. He will

return again.

rem

ove

Additional Resources

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The Memory Work The daily memory verses for each lesson are on the title page for each day in the student books and often each level

book has different verses. All of these daily verses can be found in this book in each daily section. Have each

student memorize first the daily verse for his or her level. In addition, the back of the student book has a theme verse

(1 Corinthians 15:3-4) and theme text (Mark 16:1-9) for everyone. (If the younger children are not be able to

memorize them, they can at least take a copy home.) Review the daily verses every day and new add material from

the theme verses until the students are able to say them all.

To stimulate scripture memorization there is heart with an array of boxes like

the one at right in the inside cover of each student book. For each verse the

student repeats correctly, write the reference in a box.

Offer daily prizes for scripture memory from the first day on. Some groups

are more enthusiastic about this than other but the teacher has a lot to do with

arousing student interest. Offer a special prize for whoever learns the most in

each class. If more than one student memorizes 40 or 50 verse, all of them

should get a prize.

For those who want to keep learning more at home, you can give them copies

of these verses: Isaiah 53:1-12; Revelation 1:6; Psalm 24:7-10; Ephesians

5:27; Hebrews 4:14-16; Romans 5:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15:51-58; and

Philippians 3:20-21. Since many of the children might not have Bibles,

having copies of the memory verses available is important.

Scripture quotations in the course materials are from Reina-Valera 1960™ (© Copyright 1960, Sociedades Bíblicas

en América Latina; 1988, Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas). It is important to consistently use the same version for the

memory work. The Reina Valera 1960 is available on line at the Bible Gateway (www.biblegateway.org). Note that

in some cases, the student books have abbreviated versions of the day’s scripture. For those who are motivated, you

might want to have them memorize the full text. Note also that the English for the verses in the Memory Verses

sections isn’t from a particular English language translation but is a translation of the Spanish.

The Alphabet (Abecedario) The alphabet is a memory exercise to help reinforce the daily lessons. This activity is done flashcard style. Mensaje

de Vida publications has a large Spanish alphabet on cards available or you can make your own. When the teacher

shows a letter, the children are to recite in unison the letter and what it represents. Each day, teach the letters that are

referenced are from things in that day’s lesson. The number you see in front of each letter indicates the lesson where

you find that letter and, therefore, the day that it is taught. There are extra letters for the first day. Each day, the

letters that were learned on previous days should be reviewed and then the new letters for that day added in

alphabetic order until the whole alphabet is recited on the fifth day.

3) A Anás (Annas) – el suegro del sumo sacerdote (the father-in-law of the high priest)

1) B Betania (Bethany) – donde vivian María, Marta y Lázaro (where Mary, Martha, and Lazarus live)

3) C Caifás (Caiaphas) – el sumo sacerdote (the high priest)

2) D Dormidos (asleep) – como estaban los discípulos (what the disciples were)

5) E Especias (spices) – las que compraron las mujeres (the ones that the women bought)

1) F Fariseos (Pharisees) – los que tenían celos del Señor (those who were jealous of the Lord)

2) G Getsemaní (Gethsemane) – donde el Señor Jesús oraba (where the Lord Jesus prayed)

1) H Hosanna (hosanna) – lo que el pueblo aclamaba al Señor (what the people cheered to the Lord)

4) I Inscripción (inscription) – la que Pilato puso en la cruz (the one Pilate put on the cross)

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2) J Judas (Judas) – el que vendió al Señor (he who sold out the Lord)

1) K Kilómetros (kilometers) – los dos de Betania a Jerusalén (the two from Bethany to Jerusalem)

3) L Látigo (whip) – el que sufrió el Señor (the one that the Lord suffered)

4) LL Llanto (weeping) – de las mujeres en el camino al Calvario (that of the women on the road to Calvary)

5) M María Magdelena (Mary Magdeline) – la que via a Jesús resucitado (she who saw Jesus raised)

4) N Nicodemo (Nicodemus) – el que ungió el cuerpo del Señor (He who anointed the Lord’s body)

1) Ñ Niños (children) – los que alababan al Señor (those who praised the Lord)

2) O Olivos (olives) – los del Getsemaní (those of Gethsemane)

3) P Pilato (Pilate) – el gobernador romano (the Roman governor)

5) Q Quinientos (500) – los que vieron al Señor resucitado (those who saw Jesus raised)

1) R Ramos (branches) – los que tendían delante del Señor (those that were laid down in front of the Lord)

2) S Santa Cena (Holy Supper) – un recuerdo del Señor (a rememberance of the Lord)

3) T Tribunal (tribunal) – a donde llevaron a Jesús (to where they took Jesus)

1) U Ungido (Anointed) – lo que quiere decir Cristo y Mesías (what is meant by Christ or Messiah)

4) V Velo (veil) – el del templo que se rasgó (that of the temple that was ripped)

2) X Exhortación (exhortation) – la de velar y orar (that to keep watch and pray)

5) Y Yo soy la resurrección (I am the resurrection) – lo que dijo Jesús (What Jesus said)

3) Z Zorra (fox) – un sobrenombre de Herodes el rey (a nickname of Herod the king)

The Use of the Map The Mensaje de Vida materials include a large map of the region where the events of the course take place.

Everything take place in Jerusalem or in nearby places. Using the map helps the students understand the geography

involved in the lessons. The drama scripts call for the Narrator to use the map to show certain locations. The map

has squares on it corresponding to the locations involved in each day of the program. There are also sticky-back

pictures that are meant to be stuck in the squares for each day. At some point in each day the picture for that day can

be introduced and one of the students can be picked to color it and stick it to the map. This could be done to review

the lesson or during craft time. The map kit also includes some cross stickers to be used however you choose.

Cue Cards There is a cue card document at the end of this PDF file. The cue cards are designed to be printed out on 8 ½ x 14-

inch paper in landscape mode. They have their lines in Spanish but the character names and the stage directions are

in English. To produce the most readable sheets, it’s a good idea to use a copier to enlarge them to the maximum

size paper the copier can accommodate. Then punch holes and mount them with rings on a cardboard back so that

the pages can be quickly flipped. If you can copy double sided in such a way that two pages are visible and readable

at once as the pages are turned, it gives the actors twice as much dialogue visible (this can be a bit tricky to work out

with some copiers). It can also be helpful to color code the speaker parts by using a highlighter of a particular color

for each role to highlight the character names for that role. For the Riverview Church Mexico teams, cue cards are

what make the drama format possible. They are used not just for rehearsal but also in the actual performance.

Supplemental Craft The Mexico Outreach Resource Manual contains about 11 pages of craft ideas and instructions. It can be

downloaded from the Mexico Outreach web site from a link in the Resources Center page.


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The Theme Song The theme song, “¿Qué Me Puede Dar Perdon?” is a Spanish version of the first verse and chorus of the familiar

hymn “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus”. Mensaje de Vida offers a CD with various VBS theme songs on it,

including this one. The notes and guitar chords are provided on the following page. Mensaje de Vida also offers a

“Coro Ilustrado” (illustrated chorus) which displays the words as it unfolds into the shape of a cross. Here’s a

translated version of the instructions for assembling and using the Coro Ilustrado:

To fold the song: First fold the 6 behind the 5. Then fold the 5 and 6 behind the 2, the 4 behind the 2 the 3 behind

the 2, and the 1 behind the 2. Flip it over so that the 1 is on top.

To sing the song, first show the 1 which is both the title and first phrase. As the song is sung, unfold each phrase as

it is sung: the 2, followed by the 3, and then point to and sing the 2 again. For the chorus, unfold the 4, the 5, and the

6. Then point to the 2 and sing it again.

Here is a (very literal) translation of the theme song:

What can give me forgiveness? Only of Jesus the blood.

And a new heart? Only of Jesus the blood.

Precious is the torrent that cleanses all evil.

There is no other spring, only of Jesus the blood.

You should also use other songs and choruses in the program. Mexico Outreach has Spanish song resources

available for download on their web site. Additionally, the Libro de Director from Mensaje de Vida has a section

with suggested hymns and choruses.

¿Qué me

puede dar

perdon?

1

No hay

otro

manantial

6

Que

limpia

todo mal.

5

Precioso

es el

raudal

4

Sólo

de Jesús la

sangre.

2

¿Y un

nuevo

corazón?

3

“¿Qué Me Puede Dar Perdon?”

To prepare the

visualized hymn:

first tape together

squares 1, 2, 5, and

6 as shown on the

right.

1

5

6

2

1

5

6

2 3 4

Then tape square 3

to the left side of 2

and square 4 to the

right side of 2,

forming a cross.


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G Em G C D G

G Em G C D G

G

D G

D G

Em C G

Em


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The Student Booklets The student books available from Mensaje de Vida are a vital resource for the program. They are divided into three

levels: Alumno 1 (purple cover) for the youngest students, Alumno 2 (green cover) for the middle students, and

Alumno 3 (yellow cover) for the older students. Each level of student book has more a more difficult response

section and, in some cases, a different cut out craft. If you break into the four class divisions recommended in the

introduction, you might find that the Alumno 1 is best suited to the preschoolers, Alumno 2 to the beginners, and

Alumno 3 for the two upper levels.

Each student book is 8 ½” by 5 ½” and is organized as follows: Inside the cover is a heart for recording memorized

verses (see the Memory Work section above). Next, there is a daily lesson section for each of the five days (this is

explained below). Inside the back cover is the theme song (see previous section). On the back cover is the theme

verse (“versículo lema”) which is 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, the theme text (“texto lema”) which is Mark 16-19, as well

as a spot for the student’s name (“alumno”), teacher’s name (“maestro”) and for recording attendance (“asistencia”).

Each daily section has the following contents:

A title page with a drawing to color and the memory verse for that day.

A response sheet with questions or puzzles (see the daily Crafts and Object Lessons sections above).

A cut out craft (see the daily Crafts and Object Lessons sections above).

Each student should write his or her name on the back of the book and leave it at the VBS site until the last day.

Each day’s cut out craft work can either be displayed at the class site or taken home each day. So that the pieces of

paper won’t get lost, each student’s name should be written on the back of each one that will be left at the VBS site

until the last day.

In addition to the three student booklets there is a smaller booklet available called a Minicuaderno, primarily for

those seeking a very economical alternative. The Minicuaderno has smaller pages (4 ¼” by 5 ½”) and has two sheets

for each lesson. The first tells the story in a very simple way with a verse to memorize and, on the back, has a

drawing to color. The second sheet has the scripture text citations for where the story is told in the Bible, a recap of

the story with blanks to fill in, an additional verse and, on the back, another drawing to color. Here are the answers

for each day’s second sheet:

First day: “pollino” (colt), “David” (David), “ramas” (branches), “vestidos” (clothes), “Jesús” (Jesus),

“templo” (temple), “Dios” (God), “ladrones” (thieves), and “templo” (temple).

Second day: “discípulos” (desciples), “cuerpo” (body), “sangre” (blood), “cena” (supper), “Getsemaní”

(Gethsemani), “Jacobo” (James), “Padre” (Father), “mía” (my), “sangre” (blood), “tres” (three),

“dormidos” (asleep), and “velad” (watch).

Third day: “Getsemaní” (Gethsemani), “sacerdote” (priest), “Pilato” (Pilate), “soldados” (soldiers),

“manos” (hands), and “Pilato” (Pilato).

Fourth day: “cruz” (cross), “perdónalos” (forgive them), “paraíso” (paradise), “rey” (king), “tres” (three),

and “templo” (temple).

Fifth day: “piedra” (stone), “soldados” (soldiers), “Cristo” (Christ), “Pedro” (Peter), “40”, “Olivos”

(Olives), and “Cristo” (Cristo).

Bible Text Sheets This Mensaje de Vida resource includes a package of 10 sheets each of which has a Bible text along with

illustrations to color. The texts are either from the daily verses or associated with the theme of the course. These can

be taken home and put on the wall or refrigerator to provide a reminder of the VBS lessons.

The Bible Object Lesson (Krata-Kraft) Mensaje de Vida offers the Krata-Kraft Bible Object Lesson as an extra Spanish language instructional resource. It

has a series of color pages that are used to represent the material being taught and which are coordinated with a

memory verse. It is printed in booklet form. You can either cut out the pictures for use on a flannel board or just

show them from the booklet. There are three lessons recommended for use with this curriculum: “Razones para la


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resurreción” (Reasons for the Resurrection), “Los siete palabras” (The Seven Words), and “La resurreción y la vida”

(The Resurrection and the Life).

Reasons for the Ressurection tells about the importance of the resurrection. tells the importance of the resurrection.

The Bible gives the reason for the death of the Lord Jesus (Heb. 9:26) but His death was only part of our salvation.

We have a living, raised Savior. There are a lot of reasons given in scripture for the resurrection of Christ. Seven

reasons are presented in this lesson: 1. Jesus is God (triangle), 2. Justification of sinners (man in white), 3. New

spiritual life (grapes), 4. True head of the church (a church), 5. Victory over death (calvary), 6. King of Israel

(purple throne), 7. Judge of humanity (white throne)

The Seven Words, a well known theme, teaches graphically the last seven sayings of the Lord. It starts with “the

word of forgiveness” to the soldiers, and continues with “the word of salvation” to the thief, “the word of

consolation” to His mother, “the word of anguish” because of his separation from the Father, “the word of victory”

at the fulfillment of the scriptures and the will of God, and ends with “the word of commending” and “In your hands

I commit my spirit”. It can be used with all ages.

The Resurrection and the Life is one of the lessons of the series “I am”. It answers questions about life after death

and shows the power of the Lord Jesus over death and the grave. It tells of the Lord’s friendship with the family

from Bethany, of the resurrection of Lazarus, and what Mary, Martha, and Lazarus learned about life, death, and

resurrection. It teaches about the great, future day of the resurrection. It clarifies the teaching about the resurrections

of the just and the unjust.

One can order any of them or all three. There isn’t time for all of them during the course but they are also useful

lessons for other occasions.

Prizes and Recognition You should consider giving prizes daily and at the end of the program for students who excel at various things. For

example: (1) to those with perfect attendance (2) to those who are always on time (3) to the student with the best

workbook in each class (4) to the one who brought the most visitors (5) to the one who learned the most memory

verses; (6) for whatever else that encourages or motivates a child.

To show off the students work, make a board for each class a ribbon (or thread) for each student. Each student’s

daily emblem (which are described below) can be hung on his or her ribbon to display that student’s work. The

memory verse “angels” could also be hung on these ribbons. To stimulate the student to bring more visitors, you can

glue a star or something else on his or her ribbon for each visitor that the student brings.

Teacher’s Book (Libro de Maestro) The Libro de Maestro is entirely in Spanish. You will need this book if you intend to do the storytelling format instead of

the dramas. It has the story for each day along with interleaved full-page color illustrations of the story. The story has cues

for the teacher as to when each illustration is to be shown to the students. In addition it has other material such as a map,

the alphabet phrases, object lesson instructions and the sheet music for the theme song.

Director’s Book (Libro de Director) The Libro de Director is an optional Spanish language resource which might be helpful if you are coordinating with

partners who do not speak English. It has been largely translated into English and included in this book.

Emblems On the following page are the pictures that are the emblems for each day’s lesson. These pictures are also found in

the Libro de Maestro. Make enough copies so that each student can color one for each day’s lesson. They can be

displayed on each student’s ribbon (see the “Prizes” section above) or sent home with the students daily.


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Cut out the picture for each day and glue one to

each student’s ribbon. Optionally, you can make

this a prize for memorizing the verse on the

emblem. You may also want to have the students

color a copy of the picture and take it home to

show to their parents.

Mensaje de Vida can provide packages of 25

sheets of the emblems.

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