Delivered to Deliver

INTRO:

I. EVENTS DURING THE CRUCIFIXION (19:16–30)

A. The walk to the cross (19:16–17):

John 19:16–17 NKJV

Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away. And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,

Pilate releases Jesus to the soldiers, who lead him (carrying his own cross) to a place known as “Skull Hill” (Golgotha).

B. The wrongdoers on the cross (19:18):

John 19:18 NKJV

where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.

Two thieves are crucified with Jesus, one on each side of him.

C. The writing above the cross (19:19–22)

John 19:19–22 NKJV

Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ” Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

1. The record of the sign (19:19–20):

It says, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”

2. The request to remove the sign (19:21):

The Pharisees demand that Pilate change it to read: “He said, I am the King of the Jews.”

3. The resolve to keep the sign (19:22):

Pilate says, “What I have written, I have written!”

D. The wardrobe below the cross (19:23–24)

John 19:23–24 NKJV

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.

1. The soldiers (19:23–24a):

They divide Jesus’ clothes into four parts, one for each of them, and cast lots for his seamless garment.

2. The Scripture (19:24b):

This action was predicted by David in Psalm 22:18.

E. The women at the cross (19:25):

Various women are there, including Jesus’ mother, her sister, the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

F. The words from the cross (19:26–30)

1. Jesus speaks to Mary and John (19:26–27).

a. To Mary (19:26): “Woman, he is your son.”

b. To John (19:27): “She is your mother.”

2. Jesus speaks to the guards (19:28–29): “I am thirsty.”

3. Jesus speaks to the Father (19:30): “It is finished!”

III. EVENTS FOLLOWING THE CRUCIFIXION (19:31–42)

A. The piercing of Jesus’ body (19:31–37)

1. The request by the Jews (19:31):

John 19:31 NKJV

Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

They ask Pilate to remove the victims from the cross before the Sabbath.

2. The response by the soldiers (19:32–37)

John 19:32–37 NKJV

Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe. For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, “Not one of His bones shall be broken.” And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

a. In regard to the robbers (19:32):

They are not dead, so the soldiers break their legs.

b. In regard to the Redeemer (19:33–37)

(1) The spear (19:33–34):

Finding him to be dead already, the soldiers pierce his side.

(2) The spectator (19:35)

John the apostle apparently witnesses all this.

(3) The Scriptures (19:36–37):

Two Old Testament prophecies are fulfilled at this time—Psalm 34:20 and Zechariah 12:10.

B. The preparing of Jesus’ body (19:38–40)

1. Who the preparers are (19:38–39a):

John 19:38–39 NKJV

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus. And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

Joseph of Arimathea asks for and receives the body of Jesus from Pilate; then Nicodemus helps prepare the body.

2. What the preparers do (19:39b–40):

John 19:40 NKJV

Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

They anoint his body with myrrh and aloes and wrap it in a long linen cloth.

C. The placing of Jesus’ body (19:41–42):

John 19:41–42 NKJV

Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.

Jesus’ body is now placed in a new garden tomb where no one has ever been laid before.

Conc

H. L. Willmington, The Outline Bible (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1999), Jn 19.