20 minute play for Vacation Bible School |
JESUS RISES AGAIN Characters: Guards 1 Guard 2 Mary Magdalene Jesus Props: tomb-drape sheets over chairs or a coat rack stone door- cardboard or a plastic tableto) white sheet for shroud decorative container of “ointment” swords or spears for guards Bible robes for Mary & Jesus lanterns or flashlights (Mary Magdalene greets the kids outside the door. She hands out the shroud and ointment.) Mary: (crying) I’m so glad you could come so early. It broke my heart to bury our Lord so quickly on Friday. There wasn’t even time to wash him before the Sabbath started. I still can’t believe Our Lord is dead. (cries some more) Let’s go find His tomb. (Guards come bursting out of the door, looking scared.) Guard 1: We didn’t do it! Don’t blame us! We were at our post all night! Mary: What are you talking about? Guard 1: We’ll be put to death when they find out the body is gone. Guard 2: Not if we tell the captain his followers came in the night and stole it. Guard 1: Good idea! That’s more believable than dead men rising! Come on! (they run away) Mary (to the kids): I don’t know what’s going on. Come on- let’s go to the tomb. Here’s some lanterns. (Mary leads the way into the dark room, and sets her lantern by the open tomb.) Mary: Who’s going to go in and look? (if no one volunteers, she goes) Take this lantern & look around, then come back and tell us what you see. Mary: (have the shroud brought out when it is found. Give as many kids a chance as want to look in the tomb.) This is the cloth we wrapped Him in. But where is Jesus? What do you think happened? (give them a chance to respond) (Jesus slips in at the edge of the crowd. Mary goes over to Him.) Mary: You- gardener! Where have you taken Our Lord? (starts crying again) Jesus: Mary! Mary: (falling to her knees before Him, hugging his legs) Jesus! Jesus: (lifting her up) Go tell everyone that you have seen Me! Mary: (turning to the crowd & shouting) Jesus is alive! Jesus is alive! Go tell everyone! Join me in the cheer: JESUS IS ALIVE! (keeps shouting the chant as she leads the chanting kids out of the room.) |