by Jason | Jun 12, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:25-27 …but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” then...
by Jason | Jun 11, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
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,...
by Jason | Jun 7, 2020 | Apologetics, Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
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...
by Jason | Jun 5, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
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...
by Jason | Jun 1, 2020 | Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. Here at last is the very scene of scenes; it’s the moment that Isaiah wrote of…”But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon...
by Jason | May 29, 2020 | Apologetics, Commentaries on the Cross, Gospel of John
John 19:17 So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of the skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. This is a great and dreadful moment. As we’ve already discussed, this is the sole event in human history...
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