Jesus’ life was to tell the people of God and his gospel. He also was on this earth to die for our sins. He loved us so much he gave himself up for us. He died to take away our sins.…
of silver and gave information that led to Jesus arrest. Jesus was crucified on a cross where he was beaten and tortured. His hand and feet were nailed to the cross…
2. The death of Jesus was significant because Jesus’s death was the complete and final, once for all sacrifice for the sins of the world.…
Chief priests and city elders of Jerusalem brought Jesus before Pilate to be trialed. Pilate ask Jesus if He was the King of the Jews and Jesus responded that he was. Jesus did not reply to any charge accused against Him and this amazed Pilate. Pilate followed the customs of the feast to release a single prisoner chosen by the crowd if they chose to condemn Jesus. The prisoner chosen was a man named Barabbas, a notorious criminal. Pilate asked the crowd which man they wanted set free: Jesus or Barabbas. The chief priests and elders had convinced the crowd to set Barabbas free and to execute Jesus, so when Pilate asked the question of who should be set free the crowd chose Barabbas. Pilate then asked what should he do to Jesus and the crowd responded with the sentence of crucifixion. Pilate could not find one thing wrong with Jesus or what he had done. Pilate found Jesus innocent and tried many times to convince the Jews that Jesus had done no harm. The crowd then said to Pilate that if he were to let the man go, then he would be no friend of Caesar because if Jesus claims to be a king then He opposes Caesar. After hearing this Pilate became fearful and handed Jesus over to the Jews to be crucified. Pilate washed his hands to show the crowd that he was innocent of this man's death. The crowd took full responsibility for Jesus' death and even put it on their children as well. Pilate…
In the New Testimony of the Holy Bible, Jesus Christ was set to be killed for everyone’s sins “because he made himself Son of God” (John 19:7). All the Jewish people made fun of Jesus for this berserk claim and didn’t like that he was establishing himself as superior to everyone else. Jesus was captured then captured and tortured. The Jewish soldiers “platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head,” mocking him for being King of Jews (John 19:2). The thorns dug into Jesus’s head, causing him great pain. The soldiers did this mockingly and accused him of lying in the name of God. In the same sense, Soldiers tortured John Proctor. His wife, Elizabeth Proctor, visits him in his cell. She looks at him and is appalled, saying “You-have been tortured?” (134). She is stunned, and feels deep sympathy for him. He answers in short sentences: “Aye...They come for my life now” (134). He is in deep pain and emotionally scarred, resulting in short, few word sentences. In this line, he foretells his ungodly fate. Jesus and John’s crucifixion happened similarly. Jesus was given the opportunity to save himself by reversing his claim of being the King of Jews and Son of God. Though given this chance, he felt it was lying to his people and denied it. Furthermore, after John’s acquisition, he was given the choice of confessing to witchcraft or being sentenced to the gallows. He knew that no one convicted…
The first fact is that Jesus died by crucifixion. Josephus, a Jewish historian; Tacitus, a Roman historian; Lucian, a Greek satirist; Mara Bar-Serapion, a Syrian philosopher; and the Jewish Talmud attest to it historically. All of these sources are non-Christian and should be viewed with a higher degree of authenticity because they are unbiased (Habermas & Licona, 2004).…
Jesus Christ, 33, of Nazareth, was crucified on Mount Calvary. Betrayed by the apostle Judas, Jesus was crucified by the Romans, by order of the Ruler Pontius Pilate. The causes of death were crucifixion, extreme exhaustion, severe torture, and loss of blood. Jesus Christ, a descendant of Abraham, the Son of Joseph, a carpenter of Nazareth, and Mary, His loving Mother. Jesus was born in a stable in the city of Bethlehem. He was loved by many including His faithful Apostles, numerous disciples, and many other followers. Jesus was self educated and spent most of his adult life working as a Carpenter and a Teacher. Up until the time of His death, Jesus was teaching and sharing the Good News, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, and helping the poor. Jesus was most noted for preaching about His father’s kingdom and performing miracles, such as feeding over 5,000 people with only five loaves of bread and two fish, and healing a man who was born blind. On the day before His death, He held a Last Supper celebrating the Passover Feast, at which He foretold His death.Jesus Christ, 33, of Nazareth, was crucified on Mount Calvary. Betrayed by the apostle Judas, Jesus was crucified by the Romans, by order of the Ruler Pontius Pilate. The causes of death were crucifixion, extreme exhaustion, severe torture, and loss of blood. Jesus Christ, a descendant of Abraham, the Son of Joseph, a carpenter of Nazareth, and Mary, His loving Mother. Jesus was born in a stable in the city of Bethlehem. He was loved by many including His faithful Apostles, numerous disciples, and many other followers. Jesus was self educated and spent most of his adult life working as a Carpenter and a Teacher. Up until the time of His death, Jesus was teaching and sharing the Good News, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, and helping the poor. Jesus was most noted for preaching about His father’s kingdom and performing miracles, such as feeding over 5,000 people with only five loaves of bread and two fish,…
At the time in Jesus’s life when he was under arrest he was seen as the son of God, The messiah, and the kind of Jews. He was very infamous with the Romans at the time of his arrest because they saw him as a threat to themselves. The Romans charged Jesus in makeshift trials that went against the laws and rules that they themselves had established for the way that they would handle trials. Jesus was charged with blasphemy, claiming to be the Son of God, the Messiah. Yet instead of leading the charges in these trials the romans (more specifically Caiaphas) stated that Jesus was guilty of sedition. The Romans stated that either Jesus himself, his followers, or that other people claimed Jesus to be the king of the Jews, which just happened to be…
It was especially hard for the Jews to fit in to a Christian society. Jews do not share the Christian belief that Jesus is the Son of God. Because of this belief they were viewed as outcasts in most Christian societies. Most Christians taught that the Jews were responsible for the death of Christ. However, we know now that Jesus was executed by the Roman government. The Romans viewed Jesus as a political thread to their rule.…
In the story of John, the Bible seems to depict the crucifixion (as do most) as a heinous act against Jesus. The “Dream of the Rood” almost feels that the crucifixion is necessary and should be seen as a joyous occasion. The author goes so far as to tell of how the “tree” had the chance to kill those who were tormenting Jesus, but instead “stood firmly” out of respect for the Son of God. The Bible tells of how the Lord was stripped of his clothing and his garments divided among the men, as a way to shame Jesus. The cross in “Dream of the Rood” however, says, “The young hero stripped himself then (that was God Almighty), strong and resolute. He ascended onto the high…
In year 1520, Joos Van Cleve painted The Crucifixion with Saints and A Donor in the Netherlands. It is now displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York City. It is painted with oil paint on a triptych with the dimensions of the central panel being 38 3/4 x 29 1/4 in and each wing being 39 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. The subject of the painting shows a landscape and it is showing the Virgin Mary and different Saints around Jesus who some would have not been there during the time, such a Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Catherine, and Saint John the Baptist. Brings up the question, why did Van Cleve have so many saints witnessing the crucifixion of Christ when they were not even there when it happened and some not even…
The most well-known account of the historical practice of Roman crucifixion can be found in the Gospels of the Bible in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. However, three out of the four gospels that detail the life and death of Christ possess one conspicuous problem, the synoptic problem. The synoptic problem is specifically found in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. It does not include the Gospel of John since this Gospel on its own contains a majority of material that is unique to the book. The issue in the other Gospels is that there are parts of the narrative of the life of Christ and other events that can be found in one Gospel, but are completely absent from the other two Gospels. There are also events that can be found in all three…
Romans used many cruel and unusual ways to torture slaves or criminals. One such method was being sewn into a donkey. To prepare, a donkey would be killed, sliced open from the belly, and the guts removed. The victim was then stripped naked and stuffed into it’s belly. The belly was then sewn shut, leaving only the victim's head outside, keeping him from suffocation but making them suffer longer. The donkey’s carcass was kept in the sun, where it would begin to decompose (with the living victim inside being cooked by the heat). Maggots would then crawl all over the prisoner, and vultures, dogs, and rats would eat the animal’s decaying flesh. Death came slow for the victim of this torture. Another method of tortureform they used was quite frequently was crucifixion. Crucifixion was one of their favorite methods and was at one time the primary method used to torture and kill countless numbers of people, including Jesus Christ. Contrary to popular belief, crucifixion did not always involve nailing someone to a cross. In some cases Sometimes, the victim was stripped, his head covered, and was tied down onto a cross or fork. He was then then would be flogged (beaten or whipped), sometimes to death. If the victim was not sentenced to be flogged to death, the next course of action would involve nailing his hands to the cross beam. He was then lifted onto a planted post, and his feet were nailed to the post. The accused would then be left to die in the hot sun for several days. The victim would slowly die of exhaustion and…
Jesus had to die on a cross. Calvin discusses why Jesus had to die on the cross. The reason for this is that if Jesus had been murdered or killed by a mob then there would be no evidence of satisfaction according to Calvin. Jesus had to be “judged” like a criminal would be. He needed to be accused and condemned by a judge to die and with Jesus going through these events it then puts Him in the spot of us.…
While Jesus' life is considered by many to be The Greatest Story Ever Told, the movie fails in its effort to make it great. The movie's story tells major events of Jesus' life but doesn't seem to address the main reason Jesus came on earth. He came to die on the cross to save us from our sins. The movie does have the crucifixion and resurrection, it doesn't address why Jesus suffered a crucifixion, other than claimed blasphemy.…