Dutch · Intermediate
Adapted from The Easter Story
Jesus prays in Gethsemane, is arrested, tried, crucified, buried, and raised from the dead.
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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Jezus kwam met zijn leerlingen op een plek die Getsemane heette. ‘Ga hier zitten terwijl ik daar ga bidden’, zei hij tegen hen.
Jesus came with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane. “Sit here while I go over there to pray,” he told them.
Hij nam Petrus en de twee zonen van Zebedeüs mee. Verdriet en angst overvielen hem. ‘Ik ben zo diep bedroefd dat ik het gevoel heb te sterven’, zei hij. ‘Blijf hier en blijf samen met mij wakker.’
He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. Grief and fear overwhelmed him. “I am so deeply distressed that I feel I could die,” he said. “Stay here and keep watch with me.”
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