Died: 14th day of the month Nisan in Jerusalem.
Preceded in death by Jacob bar Joseph who raised him as his own son.
Survived by his mother, Mary; brothers James, Joses and Judas, and his sisters.
Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem of Judea.
His family fled to Egypt when he was two, seeking political asylum.
They returned to Nazareth in Galilee after the death of Herod the Great.
Jesus was apprenticed as a carpenter to Joseph, and worked in the family business until he turned 30.
He was baptized in the Jordan River by his cousin John.
He spent the next 3 years living as an itinerant rabbi, with a small school of 12 disciples.
He devoted his life to serving the least, the last and the lost, wherever he found them.
Despite repeated warnings, his teaching, his work and those he chose to call "friend" drew unwanted attention from the authorities.
The family wish to make it clear that his arrest and immediate trial took place without due process. The charges of blasphemy and of being a threat to national security were not corroborated by a single witness.
He died as he lived: extending forgiveness to those responsible for his execution.
He will be greatly missed by his family, his friends-"the sinners" and by the poor.
The family extends gratitude to Joseph of Arimathea for covering the funeral expenses.
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Sad.
The family wish to make it clear that his arrest and immediate trial took place without due process. The charges of blasphemy and of being a threat to national security were not corroborated by a single witness.
Some things never change.
Just visited the Holocaust museum this morning.
Sad.
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