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We know that not because any of the Gospels say that the soldiers nailed him to the cross, but we only know that because in John 20, after Jesus' resurrection, when Jesus appeared to his disciples, when Thomas demanded to see the holes, Jesus showed them the holes in his hands and feet. Also in
The weight of the body tore at the nails in the hands and feet, caused the arms to be drawn upward and the knees to sag, so that the back pressed hard against the rough wood, the shoulder blades and ribs crowded the heart and lungs, making breathing extremely difficult. The words uttered from the cr
Whether a person was hung on a cross after he was killed by other means, or whether he died by crucifixion itself, this symbolized divine curse and condemnation. Suspended between earth and heaven, he was a picture of one who had no place on earth among men and no place in heaven with God. God’s cur
LESSON LX. Jesus Crucified (John 19:17-25) The Crucifixion ns such, vss. 17, 18. Immediately after the sentence has been pronounced Jesus is led away to the place of execution. Generally the condemned one had to carry his own cross, or at least a part of it. Jesus must carry all of it. John omits
"And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him." Luke 23:33 "And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him." Luke 23:33 On the basis of this word of God we confess, in the words of the Apostolic Confession, "I beli
It is universally recognized as the symbol of Christendom. If you walk through the arched doorway of a gothic cathedral, you will see a version of it in gold, encrusted with jewels, prominently displayed on the back wall. If you visit a military cemetery, you will see thousands of them in neat, whit
He suffered blasphemy, scourging, the awful anguish of Gethsemane, and finally the cruel death upon the cross. Almost peacefully, but with determined courage, he persisted. In fact, he told you that he came to introduce divisions upon earth, to put schism between a man and his friends, between a man
"Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst." John 19:18 Jesus' crucifixion in the midst of two sinners reveals Him as the Savior of His people. Two notorious sinners hung condemned on either side of the Savior. Both saw and heard enough so that the