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The Carpenter's Cloth
Christ's Journey to the Cross and Beyond

Then Simon Peter, who was behind him,
arrived and went into the tomb.
He saw the strips of linen lying there,
as well as the burial cloth that had
been around Jesus' head. The cloth was
folded up by itself, separate from the linen.
JOHN 20:6, 7
I CANNOT pretend to be a historian. In writing this book I could only do my best as a novelist to reshape and bring to life what I have learned from great writers and historians. I owe them much for enabling me to see these events with new eyes. I especially recommend time with Alfred Edersheim as he shares passionate history and deep faith in his book, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah.

Because I came to this book as a novelist, I hope readers will indulge my decision to fix a specific place or time or character to some of these essays and vignettes. I wanted to journey alongside the man who accepted death on a cross for all of us. My intent was to remain true to Scripture and to historical facts; I ask forgiveness should my efforts appear to fail in that reguard.

I owe special thanks to Jack Countryman and Terri Gibbs for their wonderful vision and equally wonderful patience in shaping this book.

Most of all, I am deeply grateful to my wife, Cindi. During my time with the book, she was in the process of writing the music and lyrics to The Loving Kind, an album that explores the same days of Jesus' journey to the cross and beyond. That she and I were able to share time in Galilee as preparation for these endeavors was a joy; that she encouraged me as she did was a gift; that I was able to listen to her songs was joyous inspiration.

Sigmond Brouwer, November 1997

The Carpenter's Cloth

    SUNDAY: Palm Sunday

    MONDAY: By Whose Authority?

    TUESDAY: What Jesus Stood For

    WEDNESDAY: The Price of Silver

    THURSDAY: Drops of Blood

    FRIDAY: Crucifixion

    SUNDAY: The Carpenter's Cloth


The Carpenter's Cloth by Sigmund Brouwer.
Copyright(c) 1997 by Sigmund Brouwer. Page 9.
Used by permission of J. Countryman.







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