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The Road To The Cross Although as many as six hundred men were sent to arrest Jesus, only four soldiers carried out His actual execution. It was customary for convicted criminals to carry their own cross to the place of execution. Since the entire cross weighed...
Here are the bare facts regarding what Jesus experienced leading up to the cross. Mockery, Humiliation + Torture by Roman Soldiers (Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:15-20; John 19:1-4) Then Pilate ordered Jesus to be brutally beaten with a whip of leather straps...
Sunday is a day of feasting + celebration since Jesus rose on a Sunday. Take today to catch up on your reading + to contemplate what you've read so far.
One of the questions we often ask is, “Why? Why did the religious authorities have such blood lust when it came to Jesus? Why did Pilate go along with them, even when he knew their charges weren’t legitimate?” Three Motives: • The Religious Motive To the...
It was during this time that Peter ended up denying Jesus three times. Somehow, when Peter denied Jesus for the third time, Jesus + Peter made eye contact. When Peter looked into the eyes of the leader + Lord he had just failed, I don’t think for a moment...
The events that happened next occurred at a breakneck pace. In the space of six to twelve hours, Jesus was betrayed by Judas, arrested by an armed force, abandoned by His closest friends, endured six interrogations or trials + was disowned by Peter. Jesus...
It was probably sometime after midnight that Judas + a huge crowd of armed men entered the garden with swords + clubs to arrest Jesus. The group that arrived was overkill. It included Judas, a group of leading priests, the captains + members of the temple guard,...
War In The Garden: Spiritual Warfare The word “agony” in the original Greek, used to describe Jesus’ struggle in Gethsemane, can also mean struggle or conflict. It’s from a root word, which was used to describe the place where the Greeks assembled to celebrate their...
Late Thursday evening or early Friday morning, knowing that He was destined for the cross—that in a few hours He would bear the weight of the sin of the whole world throughout all of human history on His shoulders—Jesus entered the Garden of Gethsemane + invited His...
Sunday is a day of feasting + celebration since Jesus rose on a Sunday. Take today to catch up on your reading + to contemplate what you've read so far.