C. Crucified
1. Suffering the Persecution of Men
for Sinners to Accomplish
a Vicarious Death for Them
1. Suffering the Persecution of Men
- And as they led Him away, they laid hold of Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the country, and they placed the cross upon him to carry it behind Jesus.
- And a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting Him followed Him.
- But Jesus turned to them and said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over Me, but weep over yourselves and over your children.
- For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs which have not borne, and the breasts which have not nourished.
- Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover us!
- For if they do these things with the tree full of sap, what will happen with the one that is dry?
- And two others also, who were criminals, were led with Him to be executed.
- And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
- And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. And dividing His garments, they cast lots.
- And the people stood by, looking on. And the rulers also sneered, saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!
- And the soldiers also mocked Him, coming to Him and offering Him vinegar,
- And saying, If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!
- And there was also an inscription over Him: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- And one of the criminals who were hanged there blasphemed Him, saying, Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!
- But the other, answering, rebuked him and said, Do you not even fear God, since you are in the same judgment?
- And we justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for what we did, but this Man has done nothing amiss.
- And he said, Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.
- And He said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you shall be with Me in Paradise.
for Sinners to Accomplish
a Vicarious Death for Them
- And it was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour,
- The suns light failing; and the veil of the temple was split down the middle.
- And crying with a loud voice, Jesus said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit. And saying this, He expired.
- Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this man was righteous.
- And all the crowds who came together at this spectacle, when they beheld the things that happened, returned, beating their breasts.
- And all those who knew Him, and the women who accompanied Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, observing these things.
- And behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, and a good and righteous man
- (This man had not consented to their counsel and action), from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was expecting the kingdom of God.
- This man came to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
- And he took it down and wrapped it in a fine linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had ever lain.
- And it was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was coming on.
- And the women who had come together with Him out of Galilee followed after and beheld the tomb and how His body was laid.
- And they returned and prepared spices and ointment. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.