With media preoccupied with the spread of COVID-19 and hourly reports of the death and disruption it has caused, little else is attracting much attention. But life goes on. There is more to living than the pandemic although it has cast a long shadow over our world. For the Christian on Good Friday, we are called to reflect on the life and the death of Jesus of Nazareth and what it means for the life we are living and the death we will one day face. How was the death of Jesus reported in ancient times? What were contemporary reactions to what he said and did?