verview : Jesus died in Nisan A.D. 33 while hanging on a cross. A friend had betrayed Him to the ruling religious leaders of the day and His disciples had forsaken Him. Judgment announced against Him by the religious leaders, the Roman soldiers gambled for His clothes and beat Him. He carried His instrument of death to the top of a hill and there His hands and feet were nailed to that piece of wood. In response darkness soon covered the land and eventually a soldier stabbed Him in the side. The solider discovered that He was dead. But three days later He returned to life and thirty days later He ascended into heaven. The major prophecies surrounding His death were predicted in the Old Testament.