Lapho befika kule ndawo abayijabulelayo ephakathi kwezihlahla zeminqumo, uJesu ushiya abaphostoli bakhe abangu-8. Kungenzeka balinde eduze kwesango lensimu, uthi kubo: “Hlalani lapha phansi, mina ngisayothandaza laphaya.” UJesu uthatha abathathu kubaphostoli—uPetru, uJakobe noJohane—bese engena phakathi ensimini. Uba lusizi kakhulu bese ethi kulaba abathathu: “Ngilusizi kakhulu, kuze kube seqophelweni lokufa. Hlalani lapha nilinde kanye nami.”—Mathewu 26:36-38.

Esezulwini, uJesu wabona abanye bephathwa kabi kakhulu amaRoma aze ababulala. Manje njengomuntu onemizwa futhi obuzwelayo ubuhlungu, uJesu akakujahile okuzokwenzeka kuye. Okubaluleke kakhulu, unomuzwa wokuthi ukufa kwakhe njengesigebengu kuzoletha isihlamba egameni likaYise. Emahoreni ambalwa uzolengiswa esigxotsheni njengokungathi uhlambalaze uNkulunkulu.