Good Friday Service (April 8, 1977)
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| - | Duke University, | 0:06 |
| chapel worship service for Good Friday, | 0:07 | |
| April 8th, 1977. | 0:09 | |
| - | Live among us. | 1:37 |
| Little we know, finally, | 1:41 | |
| about that life, | 1:44 | |
| only of the light it shed on the world. | 1:47 | |
| Yet this, we remember: | 1:54 | |
| Jesus the Christ | 1:57 | |
| was crucified this day. | 2:01 | |
| (organ music) | 2:13 | |
| (choir faintly singing to loud organ music) | 3:05 | |
| - | It is Passover. | 4:38 |
| And when it's supper, the child shall ask, | 4:41 | |
| "Why is this night different from all others?" | 4:43 | |
| Jesus' disciples responded. | 4:47 | |
| A wandering Aramean was my father, | 4:50 | |
| and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, | 4:53 | |
| few in number. | 4:57 | |
| And there he became a nation, | 4:59 | |
| great, mighty, and populous. | 5:02 | |
| And the Egyptians treated us harshly | 5:05 | |
| and afflicted us and laid upon us hard bondage. | 5:07 | |
| Then we cried to the Lord, | 5:12 | |
| the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice | 5:14 | |
| and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. | 5:18 | |
| And the Lord brought us out of Egypt | 5:23 | |
| with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, | 5:25 | |
| with great terror, with signs and wonders. | 5:29 | |
| And he brought us into this place and gave us this land, | 5:34 | |
| a land flowing with milk and honey. | 5:38 | |
| Thus observe the month of abib. | 5:42 | |
| The Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night, | 5:45 | |
| and you shall offer the Passover sacrifice | 5:49 | |
| to the Lord your God, from from the flock or the herd | 5:51 | |
| at the place which the Lord shall choose | 5:56 | |
| to make his name dwell there. | 5:59 | |
| You shall eat no leavened bread with it. | 6:03 | |
| Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread. | 6:06 | |
| The bread of affliction. | 6:10 | |
| For you came out of the land of Egypt in hurried flight, | 6:12 | |
| that all the days of your life, you may remember the day | 6:17 | |
| when you came out of the land of Egypt. | 6:21 | |
| And when the child shall ask, | 6:25 | |
| "Why is this night different from all others?" | 6:28 | |
| we shall respond. | 6:32 | |
| And they prepared Passover, and when it was evening, | 6:35 | |
| Jesus sat at the table with the 12 disciples. | 6:40 | |
| And as they were eating, he said, | 6:45 | |
| "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me." | 6:48 | |
| And they were very sorrowful. | 6:55 | |
| And when they had shared bread and wine and sung a hymn, | 6:58 | |
| they went out to the Mount of Olives. | 7:03 | |
| Then Jesus said to them, | 7:06 | |
| "You will all fall away because of me, this night. | 7:10 | |
| For it is written, I will strike the shepherd, | 7:15 | |
| and the sheep of the flock will be scattered." | 7:20 | |
| Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. | 7:26 | |
| And he said to his disciples, | 7:32 | |
| "Sit here while I go yonder and pray," | 7:35 | |
| and taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, | 7:40 | |
| he began to be sorrowful and troubled. | 7:47 | |
| Then he said to them, | 7:51 | |
| "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. | 7:53 | |
| Remain here and watch with me." | 7:59 | |
| And going a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed: | 8:03 | |
| My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. | 8:09 | |
| Nevertheless, not as I will, | 8:17 | |
| but as thou wilt. | 8:21 | |
| And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. | 8:24 | |
| And he said to Peter, "So could you not watch | 8:30 | |
| with me one hour? | 8:35 | |
| Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. | 8:39 | |
| The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." | 8:45 | |
| Again, for the second time he went away and prayed: | 8:52 | |
| My Father, if this cannot pass, unless I drink it, | 8:58 | |
| thy will be done. | 9:04 | |
| And again, he came and found them sleeping, | 9:07 | |
| for their eyes were heavy. | 9:11 | |
| So leaving them again, he went away | 9:14 | |
| and prayed for the third time, saying the same words. | 9:18 | |
| Then he came to the disciples and said to them, | 9:24 | |
| "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? | 9:30 | |
| Behold, the hour is at hand, and the son of man is betrayed | 9:35 | |
| into the hands of sinners. | 9:42 | |
| Rise. Let us be going. | 9:46 | |
| See, my betrayer is at hand." | 9:49 | |
| While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the 12, | 9:54 | |
| and with him, a great crowd with swords and clubs, | 10:00 | |
| from the chief priests and the elders of the people. | 10:05 | |
| Now, the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, | 10:10 | |
| "The one I shall kiss is the man. Seize him." | 10:15 | |
| Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas, | 10:21 | |
| the high priest, | 10:26 | |
| for the scribes and the elders had gathered. | 10:29 | |
| (organ music) | 10:37 | |
| (faint choir singing along to loud organ) | 11:09 | |
| - | Be seated. | 12:53 |
| Let us join in our litany of confession. | 13:01 | |
| Then those who seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas, | 13:06 | |
| the high priest, | 13:10 | |
| where the scribes and the elders had gathered. | 13:12 | |
| But Peter followed at a distance, | 13:16 | |
| as far as the courtyard of the high priest, | 13:18 | |
| and going inside, he sat with the guards to see the end. | 13:22 | |
| And a maid came to him and said, | 13:27 | |
| "You also were with Jesus, the Galilean," | 13:30 | |
| but he denied it before them all. | 13:34 | |
| Congregation | I do not know what you mean. | 13:37 |
| - | And when he went out to the porch, | 13:41 |
| another maid saw him and said to the bystanders, | 13:43 | |
| "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth." | 13:47 | |
| And again, he denied it with an oath. | 13:51 | |
| Congregation | I do not know the man. | 13:54 |
| - | After a while, the bystanders came up and said to Peter, | 13:58 |
| "Certainly, you were also one of them. | 14:02 | |
| For your accent betrays you." | 14:05 | |
| Then he began to invoke a curse on himself. | 14:07 | |
| And to swear: | 14:10 | |
| Congregation | I do not know the man. | 14:12 |
| - | And immediately the cock crowed, | 14:16 |
| and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus: | 14:18 | |
| "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." | 14:21 | |
| And he went out and wept bitterly. | 14:26 | |
| Let us pray. | 14:30 | |
| Lord, forgive us for our unwillingness | 14:33 | |
| to accept the full cost of discipleship, | 14:36 | |
| for preferring our lives, our comfort, | 14:40 | |
| our status in the world, to your will. | 14:43 | |
| Forgive our pride in believing | 14:47 | |
| that we can take up your cross | 14:49 | |
| and follow you depending on our own strength alone, | 14:52 | |
| rather than admitting our utter helplessness | 14:57 | |
| apart from that strength which only you can give. | 15:00 | |
| Grant that we be enabled to give of ourselves, | 15:04 | |
| even as Christ gave himself for us. | 15:08 | |
| Amen. | 15:12 | |
| At daybreak, the high priests brought Jesus before Pilate. | 15:17 | |
| Then Pilate asked the high priest a question: | 15:24 | |
| "What accusation do you bring against this, man?" | 15:29 | |
| Group | If he were not a criminal, | 15:33 |
| we would certainly not have handed him over to you. | 15:35 | |
| - | Why do you not take him and pass judgment on him | 15:40 |
| according to your own law? | 15:44 | |
| Group | We have no authority to put anyone to death. | 15:46 |
| So we want you to do it for us. | 15:50 | |
| - | This was to fulfill what Jesus had said, | 15:54 |
| indicating the sort of death he had to die. | 15:57 | |
| Pilate went back into the Praetorium and summoned Jesus. | 16:00 | |
| Pilate asked him, | 16:04 | |
| - | Are you the king of the Jews? | 16:06 |
| - | Jesus answered, "Are you saying this on your own? | 16:11 |
| Or have others been telling you about me?" | 16:16 | |
| Pilate retorted, "I am no Jew. | 16:20 | |
| It is your people and the chief priests | 16:25 | |
| who have handed you over to me. | 16:28 | |
| What have you done?" | 16:31 | |
| Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. | 16:34 | |
| If my kingdom were of this world, | 16:40 | |
| my subjects would be fighting to save me | 16:43 | |
| from being handed over to the Jews. | 16:46 | |
| But as it is, my kingdom has no such origin." | 16:49 | |
| Pilate said to him again, "Then you are a king?" | 16:56 | |
| Jesus answered, "As you say, I am a king. | 17:03 | |
| It was for this that I was born. | 17:09 | |
| And for this that I came to the world | 17:13 | |
| to give testimony for the truth. | 17:17 | |
| Everyone who is on the side of truth, listens to my voice." | 17:22 | |
| And Pilate replied, "Truth. What is truth?" | 17:30 | |
| With these words, Pilate went outside again to the Jews | 17:37 | |
| and said to them, | 17:40 | |
| "I find no crime in him, but you have a custom | 17:42 | |
| that I should release for you one man at the Passover. | 17:47 | |
| Well, you had me release for you the king of the Jews. | 17:53 | |
| Group | Not this is man. Give us Barrabas instead. | 17:57 |
| - | Now, Barrabas was a robber. | 18:01 |
| Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. | 18:04 | |
| The soldiers wove a crown of thorns | 18:08 | |
| and fixed it on his head, | 18:11 | |
| throwing around his shoulders a cloak of royal purple. | 18:13 | |
| Repeatedly, they came up to him and said, | 18:18 | |
| as they struck him with their hands and spit on him, | 18:21 | |
| Group | "All hail, the King of the Jews." | 18:26 |
| - | Pilate went out a second time and said to the crowd, | 18:29 |
| - | Behold, I'm bringing him out to you | 18:34 |
| that you may know I find no crime in him. | 18:37 | |
| - | When Jesus came wearing the crown of thorns and the cloak, | 18:43 |
| Pilate said to them, | 18:47 | |
| - | Look. Look at this man. | 18:50 |
| - | But as soon as the chief priests | 18:53 |
| and the temple guard saw him, they shouted, | 18:55 | |
| Group | Crucify him. Crucify him! | 18:58 |
| - | Take him yourselves and crucify him | 19:02 |
| for I find no crime in him. | 19:04 | |
| Group | We have a law. | 19:09 |
| And by that law, he ought to die, | 19:11 | |
| because he has made himself out to be a son of God. | 19:14 | |
| Therefore we condemn him to death. | 19:18 | |
| - | When Jesus heard this kind of talk, | 19:21 |
| he was more afraid than ever. | 19:23 | |
| Going back into the Praetorium, he said to Jesus, | 19:26 | |
| - | Where do you come from? | 19:32 |
| But Jesus gave no answer. | 19:35 | |
| Therefore Pilate said to him, | 19:38 | |
| "Do you refuse to speak to me? | 19:40 | |
| Do you not know that I have the power to crucify you?" | 19:45 | |
| Jesus answered him saying, | 19:51 | |
| "You would have no power over me whatever, | 19:53 | |
| unless it were given to you from above. | 19:56 | |
| Therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin." | 20:01 | |
| From this Pilate sought to release him, | 20:07 | |
| but the Jews cried out, | 20:09 | |
| Group | If you free this man, | 20:12 |
| you are no friend of Caesar's. | 20:14 | |
| Anyone who makes himself a king, becomes Caesar's rival. | 20:16 | |
| - | Pilate heard what they were saying | 20:22 |
| and brought Jesus outside and took a seat on a judge's bench | 20:24 | |
| at the place called the Stone Pavement, | 20:29 | |
| "Gabbatha" in Hebrew. | 20:32 | |
| It was about noon, the sixth hour. | 20:35 | |
| He said to the Jews, | 20:39 | |
| - | Look at your king. | 20:41 |
| - | At this, they shouted, | 20:44 |
| Group | Away with him. Away with him. | 20:45 |
| Crucify him. | 20:48 | |
| - | What? Shall I crucify your king? | 20:49 |
| Group | We have no king but Caesar. | 20:55 |
| - | In the end, Pilate was to hand Jesus over to be crucified. | 20:58 |
| Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, | 21:03 | |
| but that a riot was beginning instead. | 21:06 | |
| He took some water and washed his hands | 21:09 | |
| in the presence of the crowd, saying, | 21:13 | |
| - | I am not responsible for this man's death. | 21:17 |
| I shall pretend to have nothing more to do with him. | 21:21 | |
| You must see to it yourselves. | 21:26 | |
| - | And the people answered. | 21:29 |
| Group | His blood be on us and on our children. | 21:31 |
| (male voice singing acapella) | 21:49 | |
| ♪ I was there ♪ | 21:53 | |
| ♪ When they crucified ♪ | 22:00 | |
| ♪ My Lord ♪ | 22:15 | |
| ♪ I was there ♪ | 22:23 | |
| ♪ When they crucified ♪ | 22:33 | |
| ♪ My Lord ♪ | 22:41 | |
| (male voice singing acapella) | 22:49 | |
| ♪ I was there ♪ | 23:14 | |
| ♪ When they crucified ♪ | 23:20 | |
| ♪ My Lord ♪ | 23:29 | |
| (male voice singing acapella) | 23:35 | |
| ♪ I was there ♪ | 24:34 | |
| ♪ When they crucified ♪ | 24:41 | |
| ♪ My Lord ♪ | 24:51 | |
| ♪ What a shame! ♪ | 24:58 | |
| ♪ What a shame! ♪ | 25:04 | |
| ♪ What a shame! ♪ | 25:10 | |
| ♪ I was there ♪ | 25:22 | |
| ♪ When they crucified ♪ | 25:26 | |
| ♪ My Lord ♪ | 25:36 | |
| (male voice singing acapella) | 25:43 | |
| ♪ I was there ♪ | 27:05 | |
| ♪ When they crucified ♪ | 27:08 | |
| ♪ My Lord ♪ | 27:16 | |
| ♪ What a shame! ♪ | 27:23 | |
| ♪ What a shame! ♪ | 27:31 | |
| ♪ I was there ♪ | 27:47 | |
| ♪ When they crucified ♪ | 27:53 | |
| ♪ My Lord ♪ | 28:15 | |
| - | And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, | 28:43 |
| who was coming in from the country | 28:48 | |
| and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. | 28:51 | |
| And there followed him a great multitude | 28:56 | |
| of the people and of women who bewailed | 28:58 | |
| and lamented him | 29:02 | |
| but Jesus, turning to them, said, | 29:04 | |
| "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, | 29:07 | |
| but weep for yourselves and for your children. | 29:11 | |
| For behold, the days are coming | 29:15 | |
| when they will say, | 29:18 | |
| blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore, | 29:20 | |
| and the breasts that never gave suck. | 29:24 | |
| Then they will behold, | 29:28 | |
| begin to say to the mountains: fall on us. | 29:30 | |
| And to the hills: cover us. | 29:34 | |
| For if they do this when the wood is green, | 29:37 | |
| what will happen when it is dry? | 29:40 | |
| Two others, also, who were criminals | 29:44 | |
| were led away to be put to death with him. | 29:47 | |
| And when they came to the place, | 29:50 | |
| which is called the Skull, | 29:52 | |
| there they crucified him and the criminals, | 29:54 | |
| one on the right and one of the left. | 29:58 | |
| And Jesus said, | 30:02 | |
| "Father, forgive them. | 30:04 | |
| For they know not what they do." | 30:06 | |
| (crosstalk, overlapping sermons) | 30:10 | |
| And the people stood by, watching. | 30:14 | |
| He saved others. Let him save himself. | 30:19 | |
| He is the Christ of God. | 30:24 | |
| The soldiers also mocked him, | 30:28 | |
| coming up and offering him wine, | 30:31 | |
| saying, "If you are the King of the Jews..." | 30:34 | |
| (overlapping sermons) | 30:37 | |
| - | O, Jerusalem! | 30:46 |
| Jerusalem! | 30:48 | |
| Killing the prophets, | 30:50 | |
| stoning those sent to you. | 30:52 | |
| How often would I have gathered your children together? | 30:56 | |
| Oh, God. | 31:05 | |
| O, Jerusalem! | 31:08 | |
| O, sons and daughters of Jerusalem! | 31:12 | |
| Weep not for me! | 31:14 | |
| Weep for yourselves, and for your children. | 31:17 | |
| For behold, the days are coming, | 31:23 | |
| when they will say blessed are the barren | 31:26 | |
| and the wombs that never bore | 31:30 | |
| and the breasts that never gave suck. | 31:33 | |
| For if they do this when the wood is green, | 31:37 | |
| what will they do when it is dry? | 31:40 | |
| - | Let us pray. | 31:50 |
| Forgive us, oh Lord. | 31:58 | |
| We acknowledge ourselves as type of the common people | 32:03 | |
| of men and women who shut the door | 32:09 | |
| and sit by the fire, | 32:11 | |
| who fear the blessing of God, | 32:14 | |
| the loneliness of the night of God, | 32:19 | |
| the surrender required, | 32:22 | |
| the deprivation inflicted, | 32:24 | |
| who fear the injustice of humanity | 32:28 | |
| less than the justice of God, | 32:31 | |
| who fear the hand at the window, | 32:36 | |
| the fire in the thatch, the fist in the tavern, | 32:39 | |
| the push into the canal | 32:44 | |
| less than we fear the love of God. | 32:47 | |
| We acknowledge our trespass, our weakness, our fault. | 32:53 | |
| We acknowledge that the sin of the world is upon our heads, | 32:59 | |
| that the blood of the martyrs | 33:04 | |
| and the agony of the saints is upon our heads. | 33:08 | |
| Lord have mercy upon us. | 33:14 | |
| Congregation | Lord have mercy upon us. | 33:18 |
| Lord have mercy upon us. | 33:21 | |
| (organ music) | 33:28 | |
| (choir singing faintly to loud organ) | 34:02 | |
| (choir singing faintly to loud organ) | 35:10 | |
| (choir singing faintly to loud organ) | 35:47 | |
| (choir singing faintly to loud organ) | 37:14 | |
| - | And when the sixth hour had come, | 37:58 |
| there was darkness over the whole land | 38:01 | |
| until the ninth hour. | 38:05 | |
| And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, | 38:07 | |
| "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" | 38:11 | |
| which means, | 38:15 | |
| My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? | 38:16 | |
| And some of the bystanders hearing it said, | 38:23 | |
| "Behold, he is calling Elijah." | 38:26 | |
| And one ran and filling a sponge full of vinegar, | 38:29 | |
| put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, | 38:33 | |
| "Wait. | 38:37 | |
| Let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." | 38:38 | |
| And Jesus uttered a loud cry | 38:44 | |
| and breathed his last, | 38:49 | |
| and the curtain of the temple | 38:52 | |
| was torn in two | 38:55 | |
| from top to bottom. | 38:58 | |
| And when the centurion, who stood facing him, | 39:00 | |
| saw that he thus breathed his last, he said, | 39:05 | |
| "Truly, this man was the son of God." | 39:09 | |
| (females voices singing faintly) | 39:18 | |
| - | Behold, the wood of the cross | 41:37 |
| on which depended the salvation of the world. | 41:41 | |
| Come let us worship. | 41:48 | |
| Behold, the wood of the cross | 41:53 | |
| on which depended the salvation of the world. | 41:57 | |
| Come let us worship. | 42:02 | |
| Behold, the wood of the cross | 42:06 | |
| on which depended the salvation of the world. | 42:09 | |
| Come let us worship. | 42:13 | |
| Our worship now ends in, as communally. | 42:27 | |
| Each are invited to come forward and offer response | 42:32 | |
| by bowing, kissing the cross, tasting the vinegar, | 42:36 | |
| or any other devotional gesture. | 42:41 | |
| While this part of worship goes on, | 42:45 | |
| the reproaches in the Old Testament will be chanted. | 42:47 | |
| We worship you, Lord. | 43:03 | |
| We venerate your cross. | 43:05 | |
| We praise your resurrection. | 43:08 | |
| Through the cross, you brought joy to the world. | 43:11 | |
| My people, what have I done to you? | 43:18 | |
| How have I offended you? Answer me. | 43:22 | |
| I led you out of Egypt, from slavery to freedom, | 43:28 | |
| but you led your savior to the cross. | 43:33 | |
| My people, what have I done to you? | 43:39 | |
| How have I offended you? Answer me. | 43:44 | |
| Holy is God. | 43:59 | |
| Holy and strong. | 44:01 | |
| Holy, immortal one, have mercy on us. | 44:04 | |
| For 40 years, I led you safely through the desert. | 44:20 | |
| I fed you with manna from heaven. | 44:25 | |
| For your sake, I scourged your captors | 44:31 | |
| and their firstborn sons, | 44:34 | |
| but you brought your scourges down on me. | 44:37 | |
| My people, what have I done to you? | 44:43 | |
| How have I offended you? | 44:47 | |
| Answer me. | 44:50 | |
| I led you from slavery to freedom | 45:08 | |
| and drowned your captors in the sea. | 45:12 | |
| But you handed me over to your high priests. | 45:17 | |
| I opened to see before you, | 45:23 | |
| but you opened my side with a spear. | 45:27 | |
| I led you on your way in a pillar of cloud, | 45:34 | |
| but you led me to Pilate. | 45:41 | |
| I brought you to the land of plenty. | 45:48 | |
| But you led your savior to the cross. | 45:54 | |
| Holy is God. | 46:03 | |
| Holy and strong. | 46:05 | |
| Holy immortal one, have mercy on us. | 46:08 | |
| I bore you up with manna in the desert, | 46:37 | |
| but you struck me down and scourged me. | 46:43 | |
| I gave you saving water from the rock, | 46:47 | |
| but you gave me gall and vinegar to drink. | 46:50 | |
| My people, | 46:59 | |
| what have I done to you? | 47:02 | |
| How have I offended you? | 47:05 | |
| Answer me. | 47:08 |