The document details the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, arguing it was a frame-up orchestrated by religious leaders who felt threatened by his teachings and miracles. It describes how Jesus was arrested illegally in the middle of the night, denied a fair trial, and sentenced to death despite no legitimate charges or defense. Though innocent, Jesus was beaten and crucified to fulfill prophecies and provide a way for humanity's sins to be forgiven through faith in him. The document encourages accepting Jesus as savior to gain eternal life.

3. I'VE GOTMY RIGHTS! I DON'T
HAVE TO TALK TO ANY STINKING
FANATIC UNLESS I WANT TO . . .
SO DON'T PUSH ME!

4. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW-
I DON'T LIKE RELIGIOUS
PHONIES!!
DON'T TRY PREACHING
TO ME!! -@If**!!- THE
ONLY THING I'LL SAY TO YOU IS
THAT I WAS FRAMED, DO YOU
'-----..~=~-.UNDERSTAND?

5. I WAS INNOCENT-AND ASTUPID
'-----, BROAD FRAM
ED ME-
LIKE NOBODY WAS
EVER FRAMED l
MAY I
TELL YOU
ABOUT THE
BIGGEST
FRAME-UP
IN
HISTORY?
YEAH-OK,
LET'S HEA.R
ABOUT IT. I
GOT THE TIME.

6. ALMOST 2000 YEARS AGO, THERE
WA.S THIS JESUS WHO WAS MAKING
WAVES AROUND JERUSALEM•••
HE HAD RAISED LAZARUS FROM
THE DEAD...HE HEALED THE DEAF.
BLIND, DRUNKARDS AND ADDICTS.
HE EVE.N FORGAVE
PROSTITUTES.
JESUS BECAME A THREAT TO THE
RELIGIOUS SYSTEM, SO THEY TRIED
TO SET HIM UP BY ASKING HIM
TRICKY QUESTIONS .•• JESUS
ALWAYS OUTSMARTED THEM.

7. THERE WAS AN OLD MAN
NAMED ANNAS- WHO HATED
JESUS. HE WAS THE BIG MAN
IN JERUSALEM- HIS WORD
WAS LAW!
ANNAS WAS A SADDUCEE - WHO
DIDN'T BELIEVE IN LIFE AFTER DEATH.
ANNAS WAS ONCE THE HIGH
PRIEST OF THE JEWS- FIVE OF
HIS SONS FOLLOWED THEIR
FATHER AS HIGH PRIESTS AND
NOW HIS SON-IN-LAW CAIA-
PHAS HELD THAT POSITION.
HOW COULD JESUS RAISE A MAN FROM
THE DEAD? -HE'S EMBARRASSED ME
AND MOCKED MY FAITH--I'LL NEVER
FORGIVE HIM.

8. ANNAS HAD HIS OWN THING GO-
ING - HIS CORRUPT ORGANIZA-
TION WAS SELLING DOVES AND
SHEEP FOR SACRIFICE IN THE TEM-
PLE !THE BIG RELIGIOUS CENTER!
-THEY BROUGHT BIG PRICES.
THEY ALSO MADE OUT, WHEN THEY
CONVERTED ROMAN MONEY INTO
JEWISH CURRENCY -ANNAS HAD
IT MADE.

10. BECAUSE OF HIS MIRACLES -
THE PEOPLE LOOKED TO JESUS
AS THEIR MESSIAH, WHO
WOULD RESTORE THEM TO A
POSITION OF POWER AND GIVE
THEM RELIEF FROM THEIR RO-
MAN OPPRESSORS -
JESUS REFUSED TO BE
CROWNED KING - HE SAID HIS
KINGDOM WAS NOT OF THIS
WORLD.
JUDAS ISCARIOT-ONE OF HIS
DISCIPLES, FIGURED HE WAS ON
THE WRONG BAND WAGON.
AFTER ALL, HE HAD FOLLOWED
JESUS-HOPING TO GET POW-
ER AND MONEY IN THIS LIFE!!

11. IF JESUS WAS ONLY GOING TO
SET UP A SPIRITUAL KINGDOM
- JUDAS WAS GOING TO MAKE
SOMETHING OFF HIS TIME HE
SPENT WITH JESUS.
HE HEADED FOR THE HIGH
PRIEST!
THIS WAS WHAT ANNAS WAS
WAITING FOR - A TRAITOR!
THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER.

12. AFTER MIDNIGHT, WHILE JESUS
WAS PRAYING, JUDAS LED THE
POLICE AND SOLDIERS TO AR-
REST HIS BEST FRIEND.
JUDAS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
GREATEST DOUBLE-CROSS IN HISTORY.
NOWGETTHIS - NOWARRANT FOR
HIS ARREST - ALSO NO CHARGE!
THE ARREST WAS MADE AT
NIGHT- WHICH WAS A VIO-
LATION OF JEWISH LAW.
*"Let a capital offense be tried
during the day, but suspended
at night."

13. II
~
GUESS WHERE THEY TOOK HIM
FIRST?-
TO THAT CROOKED OLD POLI-
TICIAN ANNAS- HIS DEADLIEST
ENEMY -ANOTHER VIOLATION
OF JEWISH LAW.
ONE OF ANNAS' PETTY OFFI-
CERS DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY
JESUS ANSWERED ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS- AND HE STRUCK
HIM IN THE FACE.

14. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE SAN-
HEDRIN, WHICH WAS THE JEWISH
SUPREME COURT-IT WAS UNLAW-
FULLY ASSEMBLED AROUND 2 A.M.
THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS WERE SE-
CRETLY ORDERED TO GATHER BY
ANNAS.
ONLY THOSE WHO COULD BE
COUNTED ON WERE INVITED. 23 OF
THEM WERE JUST ENOUGH TO
CONSTITUTE A QUORUM -INCI-
DENTALLY, NONE OF JESUS' FRIENDS
WERE INVITED.
IT WAS A PRE.JUDICED COURT
-EVEN BEFORE THE TRIAL-
THEY CONSIDERED HIM GUlLTY!

15. TWO FALSE WITNESSES WERE
BROUGHT IN- THEIR STORIES
DIDN'T JIVE.
JESUS WAS ALLOWED NO DEFENSE!
CAIAPHAS, THE HIGH PRIEST,-
(THE SON-IN-LAW OF ANNAS!
PUT ON A GOOD SHOW!
WHEN JESUS ADMITTED HE WAS
THE SON OF GOD, CAIAPHAS
SCREAMED THAT HE WAS
WORTHY OF DEATH.
AT LONG LAST THEY CAME UP
WITH A CHARGE-BLASPHEMY!

16. THEY TOOK HIM TO THE RO-
MAN GOVERNOR, PONTIUS
PILATE. (A MAN WHO WAS
WORRIED ABOUT HIS JOB.l
THEY WANTED HIM TO PASS
THE SENTENCE OF DEATH UPON
JESUS - BUT HE REFUSED.
PRESSURES WERE PUT UPON
PILATE. FOR FEAR OF A RIOT,
HE GAVE JESUS OVER TO THE
HOWLING MOB.
THERE WERE EIGHTEEN SERIOUS LAW
VIOLATIONS COMMITTED IN ORDER TO
RAILROAD JESUS TO HIS DEATH.

17. HE WAS BEATEN BY PILATE'S OR-
DER AND FORCED TO CARRY A HEAVY
CROSS ON HIS BLEEDING BACK.
THE BIBLE SAYS: *THE CROWDS PLUCKED
THE BEARD OFF HIS FACE-**ALSO HE
WAS MORE MARRED THAN ANY MAN.
ISAIAH 50:6 ** ISAIAH 52: 14
AT HIS EXECUTION-ONE OF THE CON-
VICTS HANGING NEXT TO HIM SAID-
LORD, REMEMBER ME WHEN THOU
COMEST INTO THY KINGDOM[
A CONDEMNED CRIMINAL WAS
THE FIRST MAN SAVED.

18. *"HE WAB IN THE WORLD, AND THE
WORLD WAS MADE BY HIM, AND THE
WORLD KNEW HIM NOT."
THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE
DIED A CRIMINAL'S DEATH!
'*JOHN 1:10
3 DAYS LATER HE AROSE FROM THE DEAD
AND LATER RETURNEDTOHEAVEN.
• HEBREWS 9:22

19. THAT BLOOD HE SHED WAS FOR
YOU-TO WASH AWAY YOUR SINS.
LOOK.•• IF YOU GOT OUT AGAIN
NO ONE WOULD EVER FORGET
ABOUT YOUR PRISON P-ECORD!
BUT WHEN YOU ACCE PT JESUS
AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, AS
FAR AS GOD IS CONCERNED, THE
RECORD IS WIPED CLEAN ... NO
MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

20. THE BIBLE SA.Ys:"FOR GOD SO LOVED
THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE Hl 5 ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER
BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PER-
ISH, BUT HA.VE EVER-
LASTING LIFE."
,--------'

21. IF ANYBODY LOVED ME THAT
MUCH, TO LJW DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR ME ... I'D BE NUTS TO DIE
IN MY SINS ... I WANT JESUS
-----...., AS MY LORD
AND MY
SAVIOR.

22. I WONDER WHAT JUDAS, CAIAPHAS,
ANNAS, PILATE AND THE 23 SAN HED-
RIN MEMBERS WILL SAY WHEN
THEY FACE THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST AS THEIR JUDGE?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FACE HIM
AS JUDGE-NOT IF YOU MAKE
HIM YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR.
THOSE WHO DIED IN THEIR SINS
WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST ON DOOMSDAY!
"AND WHOSOEVER WAS NOT FOUND
WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS
CAST INTO TfiE LAKE OF FIRE."
REV. 20,!5

23. ,
GOD LOVES YOU AND WANTS YOU TO EXPERIENCE PEACE AND ETERNITY IN HEAVEN.
WHAT YOU MUST DO:
1. Admit your need (I am a sinner).
2. Be willing to turn from sin (repent).
3. Believe that Jesus Christ died for you (on
the Cross) and rose from the dead.
4. Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come
in and control your life. (Receive Him as
Savior and lord.)
WHAT TO PRAY:
DEAR FATHER, I KNOW THAT I AM A SINNER
AND NEED FORGIVENESS. I BELIEVE THAT CHRIST
DIED FOR MY SIN. I AM WILLING TO TURN FROM
SIN. I NOW INVITE JESUS CHRISTTO COME INTO
MY HEART AND LIFE AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOR.
I AM W ILLING, BY GOD'S GRACE TO FOLLOW
AND OBEY CHRIST AS THE LORD OF MY LIFE.
DID YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST YES NO
date
AS YOUR OWN PERSONAL
DO
SAVIOR?
IF YOUR ANSWER WAS YES, THEN THIS IS
JUST THE BEGINNING OF A WONDERFUL NEW
LIFE WITH CHRIST. NOW:
1. Read your Bible every day to get to know
Christ better.
2. Talk to God in prayer every day.
3. Tell others about Christ.
4. Be baptized, worship, fellowship, and
serve with other Christians in a church
where Christ is preached.
5. Read THE NEXT STEP. It
contains vital information
for your Christian growth. ~
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