Bible Verses for Comparison Essay

Hello everyone! We are going to be working on writing a comparison essay to wrap up our reading of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Because this story can be read as an allegory, we will be comparing the life of Christ to Aslan's character/the story of Narnia. More detailed directions are to come, but here's the gist:

- We will be completing this essay in-class, over the course of about a week.

- This essay will contain 5 paragraphs:

1. Introduction/thesis
2. Body paragraph 1: Verse 1
3. Body paragraph 2: Verse 2
4. Body paragraph 3: Verse 3
5. Closing paragraph

- You will be choosing from the Bible verses listed below in order to compare Aslan's character/experience to Jesus' life. We will be discussing these verses in class today. You will pick your three verses today and begin to fill out a graphic organizer to help gather your thoughts. Keep your book with you this week so that you can refer back to evidence from the text. Remember that your textual evidence will include specific events in the plot which support your ideas.

Verses:

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Matthew 27: 50-51

⁵⁰ And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.

⁵¹ At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook [and] the rocks split.

Matthew 27: 52-53

⁵² and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. ⁵³ They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and^[e] went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

Isaiah 53:9

He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
    and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.

Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.

Isaiah 53:4-5

Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
    stricken by him, and afflicted.
⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions,
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
    and by his wounds we are healed.

Hebrews 9:22

The law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.