We engaged the story of Jesus’ arrest this week. We used a talking piece for each of the four parts of the story.

The gong for the singing bowl (aka chime) did double duty as a club, representing part one (a crowd came to arrest him with swords and clubs), though it could also have represented part three (Jesus says, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were an insurrectionist?”).

We used a wooden Jesus figure for part two, where Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss and they then lay hands on him and arrest him.

Jesus’ verbal response to those who arrest him ends with a fulfillment-of-scripture statement, unique in the Gospel of Mark. So the scroll represents part three.

And then there’s that young man following Jesus who also gets arrested. But he slips out of the linen cloth he was wearing and runs away naked. So the long-legged undressed doll represents part four.

Here’s the story in parts…Mk14_43-52_Arrest_script