"The Life of Jesus: A Dramatic Retelling"
"The Life of Jesus: A Dramatic Retelling"
Reading of the girl: Isaiah 61:1-4; verse 8 and verse 10.. that is what she reads (enter)
walking slowly from the front door straight to the pulpit
turns to the front and says HOSANNA::HOSANNA::in the heights to the king who comes
soon. (the lights go out)
Escena 1: Jose y María en el escenario buscando posada :
Maria: it hurts a lot, Jose
Jose: maria nadie nos quiere ayudar todos me han cerrado la puerta ; maria
he continues to complain
The little animals (the children) enter and take their places, and Jose points to the manger.
says:
Jose: Come Maria, there is a quiet place here. This is how he takes her to the manger.
Jose: calm down Maria, we are going to find him (pause)... Jesus appears.
walking calmly
Jose: isn't that Jesus our son? Maria runs and hugs him
Maria: Are you okay? Nothing has happened to you. (she takes his hands)
TENTATION
Voice over: Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert, to be
tempted by the devil. And after having fasted for forty days and forty nights
Nights, he was hungry.
The shadows dressed in black emerge from the crowd and surround Jesus.
what is on the stage.
Satan: If you are the Son of God, say that these stones become bread.
Jesus: It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
what comes out of the mouth of God.
Voice over: Then the devil took him to the holy city, and set him on the
pinnacle of the temple,
Satan: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written:
He will command his angels concerning you,
They will hold you in their hands,
Jesus: It is written: You shall not tempt the Lord your God.
Voice over: Again the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all
the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,
Satan: I will give you all this, if you prostrate yourself and worship me.
Jesus: Go away, Satan, for it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him alone.
you will only serve.
While the voice-over speaks, the disciples are positioning themselves in their
positions on the stage
Voiceover: Jesus sent these twelve out and gave them instructions, saying:
Heal the sick, cleanse lepers, raise the dead, cast out
demons; of grace you have received, give of grace.
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore, be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
And you will be hated by all for my name's sake; but he who
persevere until the end, this one will be saved.
The miracle
Jesus: Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Everyone throws the stone and leaves; she raises her hand.
Jesus: Woman, where are those who condemn you? Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.
little ones more
THE LIGHTS GO OUT BUT JESUS STAYS STILL AND ENTERS THE
STUDENTS ON STAGE
Voice over: while he was still talking, they came from the principal's house.
the synagogue, saying: Your daughter has died; why bother him any further?
Master?
VOICE OVER:And he did not allow anyone to follow him except Peter, James, and
Juan brother of Jacobo.
And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the commotion and the
who cried and lamented a lot.
Jesus: Why are you troubled and weeping? The girl is not dead, but asleep.
Jesus: Talita cumi; which is translated as: Girl, I say to you, arise.
Voice over: And then the girl got up and walked, as she was twelve years old.
THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND THEY EXIT THE STAGE
Prayer in Gethsemane
Jesus with 4 disciples on stage
Jesus: "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death; stay here.
here and watch with me.
Voice over: But even these chosen ones were not able to
to accompany him in watching and praying. Jesus went and came repeatedly
times of the prayer to the company of their sleepers
disciples. Alone, very alone, he fell face down to the ground, and
I pleaded this way:
Jesus: "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me,
but not as I want, but as you want'; 'Abba,
Father! Everything is possible for you; take this cup away from me; but
not what I want, but what you want"; "Father, if
you want, remove this cup from me; but not my will be done,
"if not yours."
Voice over: Then, an angel from heaven appeared to him.
that comforted him. And immersed in agony, he insisted more on his
sentence. His sweat became like thick drops of blood that
they fell to the ground. Finally, he stood up from prayer, went
where the disciples
Jesus: "How is it that you are sleeping? Get up and pray"
so that you do not fall into temptation; the hour has come when the
The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of sinners.
THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND THEY EXIT THE SCENE
the crucifixion
voice offSo, then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him. And he came out
Jesús fuera, llevando la corona de espinas y la ropa de grana. Y díceles Pilato:
Here is the man.
And when the princes of the priests and the servants saw him,
they shouted: Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said to them: Take him
You, and crucify him; for I find no fault in him.
The Jews answered him: We have a law, and according to our law
he must die, because he made himself the Son of God.
And when Pilate heard this word, he was even more afraid. And carrying his cross,
he went out to the place called the Skull, which in Hebrew is Golgotha;
18 Where they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, and Jesus in the middle.
medium.
On stage are the two Marías and Marta and the disciples Jesus in the
cross
voice over: Jesus, in a loud voice, said:
Jesus: Father, into your hands I commend my spirit... and saying this, he breathed his last.
The resurrection
Voiceover:After Saturday, when at dusk it began the
On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to
An angel of the Lord descended from heaven and the angel said to the women:
Angel. Do not be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus, the one who
He was crucified.
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He is not here, but has risen, as he said. 7
Voice over: Thus, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain
that Jesus had instructed them. And
17 when they saw Jesus, they worshiped him,
Although some doubted, Jesus
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approached them and said:
Voice over: For God so loved the world that He gave His
his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish,
but have eternal life... thank you
THE END