“But God forbid that I should boast
except in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom the world has been
crucified to me, and I to the world.”
-Galatians 6:14
“Even the Death of the Cross”
• Phil 2:5-8
• 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was
also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He
existed in the form of God, did not regard
equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but
emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant, and being made in the likeness of
men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man,
He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to
the point of death, even death on a cross.
Psalms 22:23-24
• 23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him; All you
descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
• And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of
Israel.
• 24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the
affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His
face from him; But when he cried to Him for
help, He heard.
“He heard”. . .He responded
• With such matchless love!
• Demonstrated by his willingness to sacrifice and
suffer on our behalf.
– We love Him because He first loved us!
I Jn 4:19
– He loved us while we yet sinners Rm 5:8
• The greater sacrifice was spiritual, mental and
emotional.
• As human beings the physical passion arrests our
attention.
– JESUS: “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all peoples to Myself.“ Jn 12:32
The Cross the center of
Christianity
Mel Gibson’s movie . . .
From a Medical
Viewpoint.
Dr. C. Truman Davis, MD
Bible gives us a brief statement
• “Pilate, having scourged Jesus, delivered
Him to them to be crucified, and they
crucified Him.” Matt 27:26
• What did the body of Jesus actually go
through?
Cicero and Josephus
• Cicero called crucifixion the "extreme
and ultimate punishment of slaves", and
the "cruelest and most disgusting penalty,
the death of the lingering doom"
• Josephus called it "the most pitiable of
deaths." (Jewish War 7:203.)
The scope of our study
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Gethsemane – garden of the winepress
Trials
Via-Dolorosa – path of the cross
Death at Golgotha
Background Material
• Originated with Persians –340 BC
• Alexander the Great –345 BC
– Introduced it to Carthage
– Romans adopted and adapted it after
Punic wars.
Two Types of Crosses
• Latin (Classical Cross)
– Patibulum (Cross Bar)
– Stipe (Vertical Post)
Two Types of Crosses
• Tau Cross
– Patibulum placed in a notch at top of
the Stipe.
– Looked like a Capital “T”
Three pieces to a “Crucifix”
• Patibulum & Stipe
• Titulus – Sign with
the victim’s crime on
it, mounted to a staff.
• Look like Latin
Cross – “t”
Carried the Cross bar only
• Stipes permanently fixed.
• Condemned man carry 110 lb cross beam
• No biblical or historical evidence to
support the pictures!
Road to Golgotha
Position of the nails
The Position of the Nails
• In the small bones of the wrist . . Not the
palm
• Jesus told Thomas: “Behold my hands.”
– Word used for hand included the wrist.
Passion of Christ began in
Gethsemane
Trial of Jesus before Caiaphas
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Blindfolded and mocked.
Struck over and over.
Who is it that hit you?
"I gave my back to those who beat me, my
cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my
face I did not shield from buffets and
spitting." Isaiah 50:6
Mark 15:15
• "So, Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd,
released to them Barabbas; but Jesus he
scourged and delivered to be crucified."
Jesus taken to Pilate
• The Roman Scourge (Flagrum)
The Roman scourge, also called the "flagrum"
or "flagellum" was a short whip made of two or
three leather (ox-hide) thongs or ropes
connected to a handle.The leather thongs were
knotted with a number of small pieces of metal,
usually zinc and iron, attached at various
intervals. Scourging would quickly remove the
skin. According to history the punishment of a
slave was particularly dreadful. The leather was
knotted with bones, or heavy indented pieces of
bronze.
The Crown of Thorns
The Horror of the Crucifixion
begins
Master of Saint Veronica
The Crucifixion, c. 1400/1410
Matthew 26:28 "For this is My blood of
the new covenant, which is shed for
many for the remission of sins.
Come to Jesus for Salvation
–JESUS: “And I, if I am lifted
up from the earth, will draw all
peoples to Myself.“ Jn 12:32
How do I benefit from
God’s Saving Grace in Christ?
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Believe in Him
Recognition of your sins
Repentance
Confession of Jesus as Lord
Baptism for the remission of your sins.