The Easter Story: Jesus Dies on a Cross

Pilate ordered Jesus to be killed on a cross.

Soldiers put a crown of sharp thorns on his head, laughed and whipped him. They nailed Jesus to a cross between two thieves.

"Forgive them" Jesus said.

The sky went dark, the ground shook and the big temple curtain was torn apart. Jesus died.

Jesus friends took his body and laid it in a tomb.