Please answer the following questions about the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. Your answers should be concise.

Here are the answers to your questions: a) (i) During the night after the arrest of Jesus, just before a cock crowed, Peter denied knowing Jesus three times. He first denied him to a servant girl, then to another person, and finally to a group of people, each time claiming he did not know the man. b) (i) The first question the Jewish leaders asked Jesus when he was brought before them in the council was: "If you are the Christ, tell us." (ii) Jesus reconciled Herod and Pilate because Pilate, upon learning Jesus was a Galilean and thus under Herod's jurisdiction, sent Jesus to Herod. Herod, who had long wanted to see Jesus, questioned him, but Jesus gave no answer. Herod then mocked Jesus and sent him back to Pilate. This exchange, where they both handled Jesus' case, led to them becoming friends that day, having previously been enemies. (iii) When Pilate announced that he would only whip Jesus and let him go, the whole crowd cried out: "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!" and "Crucify him! Crucify him!" c) (i) The man who was seized by soldiers and forced to carry the cross of Jesus was Simon of Cyrene. Jesus' body was placed in a new tomb cut out of rock, where no one had yet been laid. (ii) The first statement Jesus made while hanging on the cross was: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." The last statement he made before his death was: "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." (iii) After the women who followed Jesus from Galilee went with Joseph and saw where and how his body was placed, they returned home and prepared spices and perfumes to anoint Jesus' body. d) (i) Two women who brought the good news to the eleven disciples and the rest that Jesus had risen were Mary Magdalene and Joanna. (ii) The question posed by Cleopas, who was not aware that he was talking to Jesus on their way to Emmaus, was: "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" (iii) The town where Jesus blessed his disciples before he was taken up to heaven was Bethany.