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Jesus’s death on the cross, according to Mark, is not only necessary but an example of the service required for true discipleship (8:34–38). Similarly, Jesus’s death on the cross is not portrayed as being shameful or humiliating in John’s Gospel; there Jesus’s crucifixion is envisioned as a saving event foreshadowed by Moses when he ...
It’s important to note that the current Old City walls are not the ones from Jesus’ time. As Serr and Vieweger note in their Archaeological Views column, “Efforts to find a so-called Second Wall south of the Holy Sepulchre Church that had served as the northern wall of Jerusalem in Jesus’ time (and would have moved the site of the church outside the city in Jesus’ time) proved ...
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross. Acts 5:30 (NASB) Conclusion: The Roman cross of crucifixion is a reminder of Jesus’ death and return to life. He died so that those who believe in Jesus Christ can be declared to be holy and spend eternity with God (Romans 5:1).
They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. John 19:17 (NASB) Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Hebrews 13:12 (NASB) Matthew 27:33 tells us that Jesus was led to Golgotha ...
Was Jesus nailed to the cross? The Old Testament scriptures do not specifically prophesy that Jesus would be nailed to a cross or tree. But the prophecy in Psalm 22:16-18 strongly suggests that the cross was required. A cross was the only method the Romans used to put people to death that would have resulted in the prophecy’s fulfillment.
What happened when Jesus died? Matthew 27:45, 50-53 records the resurrection of some people after Jesus died on the cross. The passage says, Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour . . . And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
Many view the cross as the most common symbol of Christianity. However, the Bible does not describe the instrument of Jesus’ death, so no one can know its shape with absolute certainty. Still, the Bible provides evidence that Jesus died, not on a cross, but on an upright stake.
The book of Matthew tells us that on the afternoon that Jesus died on a wooden cross, the sun darkened during a full moon, the temple veil was torn from the top to the bottom, and some Old Testament saints came up out their graves. Here is Matthew’s record of this historical event,
Many view the cross as the most common symbol of Christianity. However, the Bible does not describe the instrument of Jesus’ death, so no one can know its shape with absolute certainty. Still, the Bible provides evidence that Jesus died, not on a cross, but on an upright stake.
The original Greek description of Jesus death clearly refers to him dying on a stauros or stake. The assumption that the stauros on which Jesus died was a cross was made at the time that church was converted into a political instrument of the Roman state and started adopting pagan beliefs and symbols in an attempt to convert the pagans and ...