Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 46
? 46 I tell you only of the things I know and I have seen it all with mine own eyes and have taken a deep interest and an active part in all these transactions. (p. 38–39) Darkness Descends on Earth He tells us what happened when Jesus was put on the cross and when he was taken down. The letter says that while Jesus was on the cross; Darkness descended over the earth, and the people returned to Jerusalem. (p. 62) Continuing it says: Jesus called out loudly, in the anguish of his pain, citing the twenty-second Psalm, praying God thereby to deliver him from his sufferings. (p. 62) The Earthquakes Proceeding, the letter says: The heat grew steadily more intense, more unendurable, and a fire was forming in the earth and air, such as is essen- tial to the purification of the elements. The Esseen breth- ren, through their knowledge of nature and its elements,