After Jesus suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane, soldiers came and arrested Him. He was taken to Pilate, the governor, to stand trial. Although Pilate could not find fault with Jesus, he took Jesus before the people. It was a tradition to set a prisoner free during Passover. Pilate asked the people if they would rather set Jesus free, or set another prisoner free. They called out to set the other prisoner free, and to crucify Jesus. To keep the peace, Pilate allowed Jesus to be crucified.

Jesus was mocked and scourged by the soldiers and people in the crowd. They gave Him a crown of thorns and whipped Him. Then He was forced to carry His heavy cross up the hill. As He hung on the cross, He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” When Jesus died, there were earthquakes, darkness, lightning and thunder for three hours. A centurion saw all this and said, “Truly this man was the Son of God.”

Jesus suffered all this as part of Heavenly Father’s plan. As part of our baptismal covenant, we promise that we will always remember Jesus, and all that He did for us. The sacrament is a special time where we renew our promise to always remember Him and keep His commandments.