Crucifixion

The method of crucifixion

The victim was scourged before crucifixion

John 19:1 NKJV

So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.

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The victim carried his cross

John 19:17 NKJV

And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,

Jesus Christ, having already been scourged, was probably too weak to continue carrying the cross:

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The victim was fixed to the cross

Luke 23:33 NKJV

And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.

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A charge board was fixed to the cross

Matthew 27:37 NKJV

And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS

The victim’s sufferings were protracted

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OT prophecies concerning Jesus Christ’s crucifixion

Psalm 22:16–18 NKJV

For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet; I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me. They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.

None of Jesus Christ’s bones will be broken:

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Jesus Christ’s predictions concerning the manner of his death

John 12:32–33 NKJV

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.” This He said, signifying by what death He would die.

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Responsibility for the crucifixion ascribed to Jews and Gentiles alike

1 Corinthians 2:8 NKJV

which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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The crucifixion involved a curse

Deuteronomy 21:22–23 NKJV

“If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God.

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The crucifixion involved shame

Hebrews 12:2 NKJV

looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Believers are united with Jesus Christ in his crucifixion

Galatians 2:20 NKJV

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

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Crucifixion illustrates discipleship

Mark 8:34 NKJV

When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

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The crucifixion is remembered in glory

Revelation 5:6 NKJV

And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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