"This is a book about the most dramatic day in the history of the world, the day on which Jesus of Nazareth died.
The fundamental research was done a long time ago by four fine journalists. . . . the following afternoon, when Jesus was taken down from the cross.
It closes at 4 P.
M.
It opens at 6 P.
M.—the beginning of the Hebrew day—with Jesus and ten of the apostles coming through the pass between the Mount of Olives and the Mount of Offense en route to Jerusalem and the Last Supper. "This is a book about the most dramatic day in the history of the world, the day on which Jesus of Nazareth died