Author: Clark Brown

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…

Jesus died upon the cross about 3 PM on Thursday afternoon of Passion Week.  Looking on from a distance from fear for their own lives were some acquaintances and a number of women who had followed Him from Galilee as minsters to the physical needs of Him and His retinue of disciples.  These would have…

On Thursday afternoon of Passion Week, about the ninth hour, or three o’clock by our understanding, Jesus gave up His Spirit and expired upon the cross.  It was the preparation day for the Passover as observed by the religious leaders in Jerusalem, so the Passover lambs that were being sacrificed in the temple to remember…

As Jesus’ life was marked by many notable signs and wonders in order that people might believe the gospel message He proclaimed and have life in His name (Joh 20:30-31), His death upon the cross was also attended by many supernatural events: the darkness that came over the land, the great cry He let out…

It was just “another day at the office” for the quaternion of Roman soldiers assigned to carry out Jesus’ crucifixion after Pilate had sentenced Him to death in order to pacify the Jewish leaders.  Death was a routine part of their lives as soldiers charged with maintaining the Pax Romana and Jesus was no different…