It Is Finished

John 19:28-30 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”  A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had...

God of Tomorrow

John 19:23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic.  But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it,...

Missing the Obvious

John 19:21 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,” but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’”  Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”  You would think that with their plot finally fulfilled...

Jesus, the True Israel

John 19:19-20 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross.  It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and...