May
8th The
Lord dies
28:
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that
the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 29: Now there was
set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar,
and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 30: When Jesus
therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he
bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 31: The Jews therefore,
because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain
upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high
day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they
might be taken away. 32: Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs
of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 33: But
when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake
not his legs: 34: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his
side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. 35: And he that
saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he
saith true, that ye might believe. 36: For these things were done,
that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be
broken. 37: And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him
whom they pierced.
The
Lord is buried
38:
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but
secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take
away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore,
and took the body of Jesus. 39: And there came also Nicodemus, which
at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh
and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 40: Then took they the body
of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the
manner of the Jews is to bury. 41: Now in the place where he was
crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre,
wherein was never man yet laid. 42: There laid they Jesus therefore
because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at
hand.
Jesus
realising that his time was nearly over he said, ‘l thirst’. This
was not a request but just a fact. After this final fulfilment of
scripture he declared his work accomplished the word is ‘Paid’.
At this moment Christ bowed his head and died. Heaven gasped, Satan
cried and men stood in silence. The Jews were concerned about their
Sabbath. They requested that the crucifixion be brought to an end. So
those men hanging with Christ had their legs broken and died. But
when they came to Christ they found him already dead. The soldier who
pierced the side of Christ noticed the signs of blood and water
separation and evidence of death. Even in Christ’s death scripture
is fulfilled. Joseph of Arimathea emerges from the shadows to arrange
for the burial of Christ is his own tomb nearby. Nicodemus also
stepped forward to assist Joseph. They wrapt Jesus’ body and
included 100 pound weight of spices according to the custom of Jews
to bury their dead.
- What day was it when Christ died?
- How certain can we be, that Christ really died?
- What happened after Christ died?
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