Around 3 pm on Thursday of Passion Week Jesus died upon the cross. The religious leaders of Israel had sought their will against Him and had now obtained it. He came as light into the world but they would not receive it, for they loved darkness rather than the light and wanted to extinguish His…
Jesus’ followers believed He was the Messiah, but couldn’t understand His many warnings that He would be crucified, and never expected Him to be so; cf. Luk 9:44-45. When it happened, they no doubt hoped that God would somehow rescue Him. For in spite of His teaching that God would also raise Him from the…
Although God had ordained centuries before that the Messiah would be with a rich man in His death (Isa 53:9), there was much for the particular rich man whom He had set apart, Joseph of Arimathea, to overcome in order that it might come to pass. Jesus had been assigned a grave with the wicked…
It was Thursday evening of Passion week. Jesus had been raised upon the cross shortly before noon (Mar 15:25, Joh 19:14). His followers no doubt hoped that God would somehow rescue Him, but after seeing Him die a few hours later any such hopes were quickly replaced with thoughts of what would happen to His…
The Atonement of Christ's Blood Understanding How the Blood of Christ Saves and Reconciles us to God Now Available on Amazon! - What is the relationship between Jesus’ sacrifice and our redemption, forgiveness and receiving an inheritance per the terms of the covenant / will that was effected by His death? - From what, and…
After Jesus died upon the cross on Thursday afternoon of Passion week any hope His followers had that God might send Elijah or otherwise somehow rescue Him gave way to the reality that He was dead; what then of His body? His enemies had Him crucified between two criminals to cast Him as an evildoer…
After Jesus expired upon the cross the hope of His followers that God might yet somehow rescue Him quickly gave way to the reality that He was dead, and thoughts of what would happen to His body. “His grave was assigned with wicked men” (Isa 53:9) by those who had Him crucified, for the corpses…
Jesus gave up His Spirit and died upon the cross around 3 pm on Thursday of Passion week. A supernatural darkness had come over the land as He was raised upon the cross; how much darker ought it to have become now that He had died? But no, as He died the darkness was overcome…
After Jesus gave up His Spirit and expired on the cross, John, who alone among the apostles is mentioned as being at the crucifixion, notes that the Jewish leaders asked that the legs of those crucified be broken to hasten their deaths, which might otherwise take up to several days. Because the next day was…
About 3 PM on Thursday of Passion Week Jesus gave up His Spirit and expired on the cross. His mother Mary had earlier been there with her sister Salome, John, Mary Magdalene, and another Mary who was the wife of Clopas. They were near enough to hear Jesus commend his mother into the care of…