{"id":8529,"date":"2017-08-23T20:07:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T14:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=8529"},"modified":"2024-04-05T19:04:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T00:04:47","slug":"who-am-i-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=8529","title":{"rendered":"Who Am I? Part 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

In another essay<\/a> I presented his Jewish and Roman trials as a kind of ultimate tempting of the flesh of Adam and an ultimate proving of the Holy Spirit which descended<\/em>\u2026in bodily form like a dove<\/em>[1]<\/sup><\/a> upon Jesus the Christ or Messiah.\u00a0 I characterized those trials as a time \u201cwhen sinners, Jerusalem, the whole world, perhaps even the created cosmos were in extreme danger of falling into the hands of an angry God.\u201d\u00a0 I want to continue with his crucifixion.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Nail me to a cross and I\u2019m stuck there but Jesus said (John 10:17, 18 NET):<\/p>\n

This is why the Father loves me \u2013 because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again. \u00a0No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will.[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/em> \u00a0I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. \u00a0This commandment I received from my Father.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It says to me that at any moment throughout his ordeal of ultimate humiliation Jesus, ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>in the flesh of Adam,[3]<\/sup><\/a> could have decided that enough was enough, sat down at the right hand of his Father in heaven and been none the worse for wear<\/a>\u2014personally.<\/p>\n

As they led him away<\/em>, Luke recorded in his Gospel narrative, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country.\u00a0 They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus<\/em>.[4]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Matthew and Mark recorded the same incident.\u00a0 I might have assumed that He was too holy to carry his own cross except that John recalled Jesus carrying his own cross <\/em>(John 19:16, 17 NET<\/a>).\u00a0 Apparently the One who said, If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me<\/em>,[5]<\/sup><\/a> was too weak<\/a> to carry his all the way to his crucifixion.<\/p>\n

Two other <\/em>(\u1f15\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9, a form of \u1f15\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) criminals <\/em>(\u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b9, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) were also led away to be executed with him<\/em>.[6]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Isaiah had prophesied, he was numbered with the transgressors<\/em>,[7]<\/sup><\/a> though he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth<\/em>.[8]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 But with the words \u1f15\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b4\u1f7b\u03bf Luke captured (See: \u1f15\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03b9; Luke 11:15, 16<\/a>) the social reality of Jesus as one of three criminals condemned to death by the duly authorized governor of Judea.\u00a0 His punishment was neither cruel nor unusual under the prevailing standards of their socially constructed reality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A great number of the people followed him<\/em> (Luke 23:27-31 NET):<\/p>\n

\u2026<\/em>among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.\u00a0 But Jesus turned to them and said, \u201cDaughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.\u00a0 For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, \u2018Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!\u2019\u00a0 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, \u2018Fall on us!\u2019 and to the hills, \u2018Cover us!\u2019\u00a0 For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They came to a place called Golgotha (which means \u201cPlace of the Skull\u201d) and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink.\u00a0 But after tasting it, he would not drink it<\/em>.[9]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle<\/em>.[10]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 But Jesus said, \u201cFather, forgive<\/em> (\u1f04\u03c6\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u1f00\u03c6\u03af\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9<\/a>) them, for they don\u2019t know what they are doing.\u201d<\/em>[11]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Jesus, naked[12]<\/sup><\/a> on the cross, looked down as the soldiers who crucified Him took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)\u00a0 So the soldiers said to one another, \u201cLet\u2019s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.\u201d \u00a0This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, \u201cThey divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.\u201d\u00a0 So the soldiers did these things<\/em>.[13]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 David (1 Samuel 16:1 \u2013 1 Kings 2:11<\/a>) had prophesied, they look and stare upon me.\u00a0 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture<\/em>.[14]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Then they sat down and kept guard over him there<\/em>.[15]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 It was nine o\u2019clock in the morning when they crucified him<\/em>.[16]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 That would be the second morning since the night of his arrest with little or no sleep for Jesus.\u00a0 The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed him, saying, \u201cHe saved others.\u00a0 Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!\u201d\u00a0 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, \u201cIf you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!\u201d<\/em>[17]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read: \u201cJesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.\u201d<\/em>[18]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic <\/em>(\u1f19\u03b2\u03c1\u03b1\u03ca\u03c3\u03c4\u1f77<\/a>; literally, in Hebrew<\/em>; NET note 67<\/a>), Latin, and Greek. \u00a0Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, \u201cDo not write, \u2018The king of the Jews,\u2019 but rather, \u2018This man said, I am king of the Jews.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 Pilate answered, \u201cWhat I have written, I have written.\u201d<\/em>[19]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, \u201cAha! \u00a0You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself and come down from the cross!\u201d\u00a0 In the same way even the chief priests \u2013 together with the experts in the law \u2013 were mocking him among themselves: \u201cHe saved others, but he cannot save himself!\u00a0 Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!\u201d<\/em>[20]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0He trusts in God \u2013 let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, \u2018I am God\u2019s Son\u2019!\u201d\u00a0 The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him<\/em>.[21]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, \u201cAren\u2019t you the Christ?\u00a0 Save yourself and us!\u201d<\/em>[22]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

This is the point in the story where I wished Jesus would come down from the cross as more than twelve legions of angels<\/a> <\/em>came screaming out of the sky to the tune of Wagner\u2019s<\/a> Ride of the Valkyries<\/a> to kill everyone who mocked Him. \u00a0Actually it is the ideal of the Sicarii<\/a>\u2014walking up to an \u201cenemy\u201d (anyone who disagrees with my \u201ctruth\u201d) plunging a long knife into him several times and melting away again into the crowd\u2014that appeals to the sin in my flesh more than the straight-up warfare of the Zealots. \u00a0Cowardice prevented me from ever actualizing the murderous intentions of my heart. \u00a0And until the moment that sentence formed in my mind I hadn’t thanked God for that fear. \u00a0All this may help explain why years of imitating<\/a> the Pharisees felt like a step toward godliness to me.<\/p>\n

But the other<\/em> [criminal] rebuked him<\/em> [the former criminal], saying, \u201cDon\u2019t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?\u00a0 And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.\u201d\u00a0 Then he said, \u201cJesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.\u201d\u00a0 And Jesus said to him, \u201cI tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise\u201d<\/em>[23]<\/sup><\/a> as a door of hope<\/em> opened (Hosea 2:14-17 Tanakh).<\/p>\n

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.\u00a0 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor<\/a> for a door of hope: and she shall sing<\/a> there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt (Table<\/a>)<\/em>.\u00a0 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD (<\/em>ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4<\/a>)<\/em>, that thou shalt call me Ishi (<\/em>\u02bc\u0131\u0302ysh, \u05d0\u05d9\u05e9\u05d9<\/a>)<\/em>; and shalt call me no more Baali (<\/em>ba\u02bd\u0103l\u0131\u0302y, \u05d1\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9<\/a> Table<\/a>)<\/em>.\u00a0 For I will take away the names of Baalim (<\/em>ba\u02bdal, \u05d4\u05d1\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd<\/a>)<\/em> out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name (Table<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As confessions go, And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did<\/em> is nothing compared to Achan\u2019s confession (Joshua 7:19-25 Tanakh)<\/p>\n

And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me (Table<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done (Table<\/a>)<\/em>: When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it (Table<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.<\/p>\n

And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.<\/p>\n

And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor (Table<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. \u00a0And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones (Table<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>I wonder now whether Achan and his sons and his daughters, after suffering the punishment of criminals, face an implacable Judge or a merciful Savior, not because of the merits of Achan\u2019s confession but because of the merits of that Savior: But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness<\/em>.[24]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Now standing beside Jesus\u2019 cross were his mother, his mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.\u00a0 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, \u201cWoman, look, here is your son!\u201d\u00a0 He then said to his disciple, \u201cLook, here is your mother!\u201d\u00a0 From that very time the disciple took her into his own home<\/em>.[25]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.\u00a0 At about three<\/a> o\u2019clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, \u201cEli, Eli, lema<\/a> sabachthani?\u201d<\/em>[26]<\/sup><\/a> that is, \u201cMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?\u201d<\/em>[27]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0After six hours on the cross Jesus lamented his loneliness even as He affirmed his confidence in the Scripture, written for his comfort (Psalm 22:6-18<\/a>) for the very moment He prayed it (Psalm 22:1, 23, 24 Tanakh):<\/p>\n

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?…<\/em>Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.\u00a0 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, \u201cThis man is calling for Elijah.\u201d\u00a0 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.\u00a0 But the rest said, \u201cLeave him alone!\u00a0 Let\u2019s see if Elijah will come to save him.\u201d<\/em>[28]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture<\/em> [Psalm 22:15<\/a>]), \u201cI am thirsty!\u201d\u00a0 A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.\u00a0 When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, \u201cIt is completed!\u201d<\/em>[29]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 <\/em>David had already spoken for Jesus\u2019 failing breath (Psalm 22:25-31 Tanakh):<\/p>\n

My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.\u00a0 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.\u00a0 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.\u00a0\u00a0 For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations.\u00a0 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.\u00a0 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The temple curtain was torn in two.\u00a0 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, \u201cFather, into your hands I commit my spirit!\u201d\u00a0 And after he said this he breathed his last<\/em>.[30]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.\u00a0 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised. \u00a0(They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)<\/em>[31]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, \u201cTruly this man was God\u2019s Son!\u201d<\/em>[32]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts<\/em>.[33]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? <\/em>Jesus asked.\u00a0 The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds<\/em>.[34]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And in the letter to the Hebrews we are encouraged: Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up<\/em>.[35]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I tell you the solemn truth, <\/em>Jesus promised, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father<\/em>.[36]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 For, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control<\/em>.[37]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

The Gospel harmony I made to write this essay follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The Crucifixion<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Matthew<\/td>\nMark<\/td>\nLuke<\/td>\n\n

John<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSo they took Jesus, and carrying his own cross\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0John 19:16b, 17a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country\u2026<\/p>\n

Mark 15:21a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. \u00a0They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:26<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\n(he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).<\/p>\n

Mark 15:21b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\nA great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.\u00a0 But Jesus turned to them and said, \u201cDaughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.\u00a0 For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, \u2018Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!\u2019\u00a0 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, \u2018Fall on us!\u2019 and to the hills, \u2018Cover us!\u2019\u00a0 For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:27-31<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTwo other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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They came to a place called Golgotha (which means \u201cPlace of the Skull\u201d)\u2026<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:33<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated, \u201cPlace of the Skull\u201d).<\/p>\n

Mark 15:22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

So when they came<\/a> to the place that is called \u201cThe Skull\u201d \u2026<\/p>\n

Luke 23:33a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026he went out to the place called \u201cThe Place of the Skull\u201d (called in Aramaic Golgotha).<\/p>\n

John 19:17b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u2026and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. \u00a0But after tasting it, he would not drink it.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:34<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:23<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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When they had crucified him\u2026<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:35a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then they crucified him\u2026<\/p>\n

Mark 15:24a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026they crucified him there\u2026<\/p>\n

Luke 23:33b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

There they crucified him\u2026<\/p>\n

John 19:18a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u2026along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:33c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.<\/p>\n

John 19:18b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n[But Jesus said, \u201cFather, forgive them, for they don\u2019t know what they are doing.\u201d]<\/p>\n

Luke 23:34a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2026they divided his clothes by throwing dice.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:35b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:24b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:34<\/a>b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:36<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\nIt was nine o\u2019clock in the morning when they crucified him.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:25<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed him, saying, \u201cHe saved others. \u00a0Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!\u201d\u00a0 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, \u201cIf you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:35-37<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: \u201cThis is Jesus, the king of the Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:37<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

The inscription of the charge against him read, \u201cThe king of the Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 15:26<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

There was also an inscription over him, \u201cThis is the king of the Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:38<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read: \u201cJesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n

John 19:19<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek. Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, \u201cDo not write, \u2018The king of the Jews,\u2019 but rather, \u2018This man said, I am king of the Jews.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 Pilate answered, \u201cWhat I have written, I have written.\u201d<\/p>\n

John 19:20-22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNow when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.)\u00a0 So the soldiers said to one another, \u201cLet\u2019s not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it.\u201d This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, \u201cThey divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.\u201d \u00a0So the soldiers did these things.<\/p>\n

John 19:23, 24<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. \u00a0Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads\u00a0 and saying, \u201cYou who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! \u00a0If you are God\u2019s Son, come down from the cross!\u201d\u00a0 In the same way even the chief priests \u2013 together with the experts in the law and elders \u2013 were mocking him: \u201cHe saved others, but he cannot save himself! \u00a0He is the king of Israel! \u00a0If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:38-42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left. \u00a0Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, \u201cAha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself and come down from the cross!\u201d \u00a0In the same way even the chief priests \u2013 together with the experts in the law \u2013 were mocking him among themselves: \u201cHe saved others, but he cannot save himself!\u00a0 Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 15:27-32a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
He trusts in God \u2013 let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, \u2018I am God\u2019s Son\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:43<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:44<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:32b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOne of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, \u201cAren\u2019t you the Christ?\u00a0 Save yourself and us!\u201d \u00a0But the other rebuked him, saying, \u201cDon\u2019t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? \u00a0And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.\u201d \u00a0Then he said, \u201cJesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.\u201d \u00a0And Jesus said to him, \u201cI tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:39-43<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNow standing beside Jesus\u2019 cross were his mother, his mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. \u00a0So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, \u201cWoman, look, here is your son!\u201d \u00a0He then said to his disciple, \u201cLook, here is your mother!\u201d \u00a0From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.<\/p>\n

John 19:25-27<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:45<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:33<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, because the sun\u2019s light failed.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:44, 45a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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At about three<\/a> o\u2019clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, \u201cEli, Eli, lema<\/a> sabachthani?\u201d that is, \u201cMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?\u201d When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, \u201cThis man is calling for Elijah.\u201d\u00a0 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.\u00a0 But the rest said, \u201cLeave him alone! \u00a0Let\u2019s see if Elijah will come to save him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:46-49<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Around three o\u2019clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, \u201cEloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?\u201d which means, \u201cMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?\u201d\u00a0 When some of the bystanders heard it they said, \u201cListen, he is calling for Elijah!\u201d\u00a0 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, \u201cLeave him alone! \u00a0Let\u2019s see if Elijah will come to take him down!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 15:34-36<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAfter this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), \u201cI am thirsty!\u201d\u00a0 A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.\u00a0 When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, \u201cIt is completed!\u201d<\/p>\n

John 19:28-30a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.\u00a0 Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:50, 51a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last. \u00a0And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:37, 38<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

The temple curtain was torn in two.\u00a0 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, \u201cFather, into your hands I commit my spirit!\u201d \u00a0And after he said this he breathed his last.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:45, 46<\/p>\n

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Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.<\/p>\n

John 19:30b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.\u00a0 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.\u00a0 (They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:51b-53<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, \u201cTruly this one was God\u2019s Son!\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:54<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, \u201cTruly this man was God\u2019s Son!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 15:39<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, \u201cCertainly this man was innocent!\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 23:47<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAnd all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:48<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:55<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

There were also women, watching from a distance.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:40a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

And all those who knew Jesus stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee saw these things.<\/p>\n

Luke 23:49<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.<\/p>\n

Matthew 27:56<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.\u00a0 When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. \u00a0Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.<\/p>\n

Mark 15:40b, 41<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Who Am I? Part 8<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Atonement, Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Romans, Part 90<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Atonement, Part 7<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Who Am I? Part 14<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/a>[1]<\/sup> Luke 3:22a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[2]<\/sup> The words free will<\/em> were added by the translators to the Greek word \u1f10\u03bc\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a> translated my own<\/em>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[3]<\/sup> Romans, Part 55<\/a><\/em>; My Reasons and My Reason, Part 5<\/a><\/em>; Romans, Part 38<\/a><\/em>; Fear \u2013 Genesis, Part 6<\/em><\/a>; Who Am I? Part 2<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[4]<\/sup> Luke 23:26 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[5]<\/sup> Matthew 16:24 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[6]<\/sup> Luke 23:32 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[7]<\/sup> Isaiah 53:12b (Tanakh)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[8]<\/sup> Isaiah 53:9b (Tanakh)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[9]<\/sup> Matthew 27:33, 34 (NET)\u00a0 David Mathis<\/a> offers the following explanation in his blog post \u201cThe Wine Jesus Drank<\/a>\u201d on desiringGod<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[10]<\/sup> John 19:18 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[11]<\/sup> Luke 23:34a (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[12]<\/sup> Stephen Ray<\/a>, \u201cWas Jesus Crucified Naked?<\/a>,\u201d Defender\u2019s of the Catholic Faith<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[13]<\/sup> John 19:23, 24 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[14]<\/sup> Psalm 22:17b, 18 (Tanakh)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[15]<\/sup> Matthew 27:36 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[16]<\/sup> Mark 15:25 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[17]<\/sup> Luke 23:35-37 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[18]<\/sup> Though it differs slightly from the synoptic Gospels I\u2019m going with John\u2019s account because he, the disciple whom<\/em> [Jesus] loved<\/em>, was actually there (John 19:25-27<\/a>) near enough to read it.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[19]<\/sup> John 19:19-22 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[20]<\/sup> Mark 15:29-32a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[21]<\/sup> Matthew 27:43, 44 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[22]<\/sup> Luke 23:39 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[23]<\/sup> Luke 23:40-43 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[24]<\/sup> 1 John 1:9 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[25]<\/sup> John 19:25-27 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[26]<\/sup> I had thought and written that this was Aramaic.\u00a0 E. A. Knapp in his article \u201cDid the Messiah Speak Aramaic or Hebrew? (part 2)<\/a>\u201d on Torah Class<\/a> online disputes that.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[27]<\/sup> Matthew 27:45, 46 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[28]<\/sup> Matthew 27:47-49 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[29]<\/sup> John 19:28-30a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[30]<\/sup> Luke 23:45b, 46 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[31]<\/sup> Matthew 27:51b-53 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[32]<\/sup> Mark 15:39 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[33]<\/sup> Luke 23:48 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[34]<\/sup> John 14:10 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[35]<\/sup> Hebrews 12:3 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[36]<\/sup> John 14:12 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[37]<\/sup> Galatians 5:22, 23a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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