Call to Worship (Lamentations 1:12 and Isaiah 53:5) Leader: Does this mean nothing to you, all you who pass by? People: Look, see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. Leader: He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities. People: Upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed. Hymn Part 1 Scripture: Luke 23:32-38 Prayer of Confessi...
The story takes place in a Roman prison in Jerusalem during the Jewish Passover festival. The time is early in the first century, around 33 AD. As the play opens, a small cell appears with a barred window to the center rear, and containing two cots, one on either side. There is a prisoner on each cot, staring at the ceiling. (As the lights go on, the roar of a crowd is heard off-stage.) Theudas (H...
