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Jan 4, 2022 · Jesus had been on the cross from approximately 9:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M., a total of six hours. John adds the detail that Jesus’ trial before Pontius Pilate was taking place, according to Roman time, “about the sixth hour” (John 19:14, ESV). Since the Romans started counting their hours at midnight, the “sixth hour” would start at 6: ...
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Thankfully, the Bible gives us a timeline of events for Jesus’s final hours. He was arrested on Thursday after Judas met Him outside the Garden of Gethsemane. During those late-night hours into early Friday morning, Jesus was on “fake trial” with the religious leaders before He was shuttled back and forth to Pilate and Herod. He was flogged and bea...
We must understand that Jesus was in complete control of what was happening on the cross. When the Romans mocked Him, telling Jesus to call on His angels to save Him, Jesus could have done that. Jesus could have displayed a mighty act by reigning down legions of angels upon the crowd. But instead, He asked God to forgive “those who do not know what...
In the gospel of Mark, he records, “And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice…and breathed His last” (see verses 34-37). The ninth hour equates to 3 p.m. Fascinatingly, the ninth hour is also the time of the second sacrifice. While Jesus hung dying on the cross, the priests were preparing to slaughter the lambs brought by the people w...
You may have heard Christians say, “On the third day, Jesus was raised from the dead.” How do we know it was three days? We know that Jesus died on Friday, which is Day One. Then Joseph of Arimathearequested to have Jesus’ body taken down from the cross before the Sabbath, and Pilate agreed. That night, Jesus was placed in Joseph’s tomb. Saturday w...
Feb 14, 2024 · Before 9:00 AM: Jesus on the Way to Golgotha. Scripture: Matthew 27:31-34; Mark 15:20-23; Luke 23:26-33; and John 19:17. The Romans intended crucifixion to be. unspeakably cruel. mercilessly lingering - men would often last a day or more on the cross. inescapably public - again, to hinder any seditious impulse in the citizenry.
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Oct 31, 2024 · Despite the fact that it was Pilate who sent Jesus to the humiliating and painful death on the cross, the Christian tradition is remarkably excusatory of Pontius Pilate—starting with the Gospel portrayal of Jesus before Pilate. “I find no case against him,” says Pilate about Jesus in John 18:38.
The crucifixion of Jesus was the death of Jesus by being nailed to a cross. [note 1] It occurred in 1st-century Judaea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33. It is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, and later attested to by other ancient sources. Scholars nearly universally accept the historicity of ...
Jun 7, 2024 · and insist that Pilate crucify Jesus for claiming to be "King of the Jews." Literally "washing his hands" of guilt, Pilate orders the execution. This 1650 painting shows Pilate literally washing his hands of responsibility. The Gospel of Mathew says that Pilate washed his hands before the crowd and said "I am innocent of the blood of this just ...
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Sep 25, 2024 · Before the religious leaders could put Jesus to death, they needed Rome to approve of their death sentence. Jesus was taken to Pontius Pilate, who found no reason to charge Him. Pilate had Jesus sent to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at the time. Jesus refused to answer Herod's questions, so Herod sent Him back to Pilate.
