"Thisis a book about the most dramatic day in the history of the world,the day on which Jesus of Nazareth died. It opens at 6 P.M.—thebeginning of the Hebrew day—with Jesus and ten of the apostlescoming through the pass between the Mount of Olives and the Mount ofOffense en route to Jerusalem and the Last Supper. It closes at 4P.M. the following afternoon, when Jesus was taken down from thecross. . . . The fundamental research was done a long time ago byfour fine journalists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The rest hasbeen added in bits and pieces from many men whose names span thecenturies."—from the Foreword