Show Don't Tell: John 19:38-42
Vivid sensory description for preaching John 19:38-42
This is a show dont tell prompt on burial of jesus and joseph of arimathea. It carries an emotional tone of awe, grief and hope.
Instead of saying "Joseph and Nicodemus buried Jesus," smell the spices. Later, Joseph of Arimathea asks Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph is a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he fears the Jewish leaders. With Pilate's permission, he comes and takes the body away. He is accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier has visited Jesus at night.…
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