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Christus suffered the extreme penalty during
the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our
procurators, Pontius Pilate. Tacitus, 109
C.E.
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Christianity makes much of the credibility of
its theology because it is rooted in history.
John Gilmore, Professor, Spurgeons School of
Theology, London
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Crucifixion is the most cruel and shameful of
all punishments. Cicero, 43 B.C.E.
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To die by crucifixion is the most wretched of
deaths. Josephus, 100 C.E.
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Two thousand years of pious Christian tradition
have largely domesticated the cross, making it
hard for us to realize how horrifically it was
viewed in Jesus time. D. A. Carson, New
Testament Scholar
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The emperor Tiberius is said to have preferred
crucifixion as a method of punishment, precisely
because it prolonged the victims agony without
granting relief by death. He believed death was
an escape, so in his view execution was really no
punishment, unless the victim had as much mortal
agony inflicted as possible before death.
John MacArthur, The Murder of Jesus
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In early Judaism there was no expectation of a
crucified messiah in fact, one who was crucified
was assumed not to be the Anointed One of God.
Indeed, if someone wanted to scotch the rumour
that Jesus was the Messiah (as the religious
leaders did), there was no better way to do so
than to have him crucified. Ben Witherington
III, Historian Theologian
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Jesus messianic calling led him not to military
victory over Rome, but to death at the hands of
the Romans. This was an unwelcome and virtually
incomprehensible vision in the eyes of Jesus
contemporaries, including his closest
followers. Mark D. Roberts, Theologian
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For those who had believed that Jesus would be
their Messiah, this was the final, sickening end
to all their hopes. A dead Messiah was no
Messiah at all. Peter Walker, Professor,
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University
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Oh sacred Head, now wounded, With grief and
shame weighed down, Now scornfully
surrounded With thorns, Thine only crown.
Bernard of Clarivaux, 1153 C.E.
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Jesus lays down his life in love for those whom
he loves, and the meaning of both life and
love are redefined. Life becomes an expression
of love, the ultimate gift. Love, love unto
death, becomes the only true source of life.
Gail R. ODay, New Testament Scholar
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Christ offered Himself as a sacrifice for our
sins, once for all. Never again would the
priests have to make sacrifices in the Temple
never again would blood have to be shed for the
forgiveness of sins. Christ was Gods one,
final, acceptable sacrifice. Mission
accomplished! Charles Swindoll, President,
Dallas Theological Seminary
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And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will
draw all people to myself. He said this to
indicate the kind of death he was to die.
John 1232-33 (NRSV)
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The Motive
The Conspiracy Theory
The Unusual Suspects
The Missing Body
The Death Wish
The Murder
The Set Up
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If someone has committed a crime worthy of death
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the body must never remain on the tree overnight.
You must bury the body that same day, for anyone
hanging on a tree is cursed of God. Do not defile
the land the Lord your God is giving you as a
special possession. Deuteronomy 2122-23 (NLT)
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I will pour out on the house of David and on
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace
and of supplication, so that they will look on Me
whom they have pierced and they will mourn for
Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will
weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping
over a firstborn. Zechariah 1210 (NASB)
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Actual Ankle Bone With Nail
Reconstruction of Foot
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God made him who had no sin to be sin for us,
so that in him we might become the righteousness
of God. 2 Corinthians 521 (TNIV)
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From that day on, all the temple ceremonies lost
their significance, because what they were meant
to foreshadow had finally arrived. Within forty
years, the temple itself would be completely
destroyed when Titus sacked Jerusalem. But the
true end of the Old Testament sacrificial system
did not occur with the destruction of the temple
in A.D. 70. It ended here at the moment of
Jesus death. John MacArthur, The Murder of
Jesus
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I die every day! 1 Corinthians 1531
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