Agony in the Garden Drama Script

Agony in the Garden Drama

art to come Script

The children will dramatize the events leading up the arrest of Jesus. Volunteers will be needed to play the roles of Jesus, Judas, Malchus, Narrator, and other apostles and soldiers (numbers may vary).

Use the following script to guide your dramatic reading.

Speaker Words Actions Narrator After supper on Thursday evening, Jesus and The apostles and Jesus his apostles went to the Mount of Olives. They enter. stopped in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Jesus My dear friends, sit here while I go into the Jesus, Peter, James, and garden to pray. Peter, James and John, please John walk. The other come with me. apostles sit.

I am sorrowful and would appreciate your The three apostles sit; company. Remain here and keep watch with me. Jesus kneels.

Heavenly Father, if it is possible, protect me from The three apostles nod my enemies. Help me in this time of sorrow. Yet to sleep. Jesus prays and it is your will, not mine, that must be done. then returns to the three apostles. Peter, what happened? You fell asleep! Couldn’t The three apostles wake. you stay awake even this little while? I wanted you to keep watch for me and pray. Peter, the Jesus leaves once more to spirit is willing, but the ﬂesh is weak. pray.

My Father, please let this suﬀering pass me by. Yet it is your will, not mine, that must be done.

Copyright © Loyola Press Loyola © Copyright Oh no! They’re asleep again. Jesus returns to the three apostles. Dear Father, please hear me. I am so worried. Jesus kneels to pray once Please let this suﬀering pass. Yet it is your will, more and then looks again not mine, that must be done. at the three apostles, who are still asleep.

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Peter hangs his head.Peter his hangs Theapostles run away in fear. in Soldiers grab and Jesus lead away. him Judas money (holding bag), soldiers, and enter. Malchus Judas Jesus. kisses Soldiers grab Jesus. Peter grabs a soldier’s sword and cuts oﬀ ear. Malchus’s Jesus touches the Jesus side of head. Malchus’s Drama adapted from 22:39–53 Luke End Words Jesus is our teacher, who taught us accept to who is teacher, Jesus our will. lives, our When God’s suﬀering into comes and use because it it stronger of ask become we to as good, did. Jesus for Are you still sleeping? Wake up. My time has My up. stillAre Wake you sleeping? James, I will Now betrayed. Peter, be come. See! is betrayer go. My Let’s get up. and John, coming. Judas had been paid 30 pieces of silver to betray to silver of had paidJudas 30 been pieces had Judas his Jesus, arranged friend. with the kissing identify by Jesus would that he soldiers him. Greetings, brother! do. to are here go ahead you what and do Friend, Ahhhhh!(screams) ear!pain! My The I am(amazed) healed! meet don’t We down. that sword put Peter, doesn’t the sword Using with violence. violence I have what remember you anything.solve Don’t arrest to here come you have Soldiers, taught you? after Day day I sat as a robber? me though I were arrest me. not did you yet teaching in the temple, of the power the time for this hour, But is your darkness. continued) Speaker Narrator Jesus Narrator Judas Jesus Malchus Jesus Agony in the Garden Drama Garden the in Agony Script ( Intergenerational Event