Over Sin (2 of 3)
Series: Triumph
Bob Ingle
John 19:16-30
Turn to John 19:16-30. In this passage we literally see the crux of our faith. Listen. (READ). 2,000 years ago crucifixion was a very common sight. Crucifixion began roughly 500 years before the birth of Jesus with the Persians, and it continued for some 300 years after the death of Jesus when the Roman Emperor Constantine, who was the first professing Christian Roman emperor forbid it and put an end to crucifixion. It was the Persians who invented it, but it was the Romans who perfected it.
When John wrote this, crucifixion was happening frequently. 1000's of people were crucified. That's probably why the Gospel writers didn't spend much time going into gory details about what happened to a person when they were crucified. They all knew. They had all seen it live, up close, and in person.
When it comes to capital punishment here in America, it's slightly different isn't it? We use the electric chair, the gas chamber, lethal injection, and some states even still use the firing squad and the hangman's noose. But there is no doubt when you begin to study the different forms of capital punishment; the most painful and torturous of all was crucifixion.
When you compare crucifixion of the 1st century to modern day American executions they differ in a couple of ways. 1) Executions here are private events. Cameras are not allowed. And most of the time the only people who are allowed to witness the event is friends, family members, or someone related to the victim. But when it came to crucifixion, it was an extremely public even. They hung people along the busiest streets and in the most crowded places because the Roman Empire wanted everyone to see what it's like when a person chooses to cross the authorities. They wanted to make people think twice about disobeying the government.
But there's another difference. 2) Today executions are very, very swift and are done as humanely as possible. So ...
Series: Triumph
Bob Ingle
John 19:16-30
Turn to John 19:16-30. In this passage we literally see the crux of our faith. Listen. (READ). 2,000 years ago crucifixion was a very common sight. Crucifixion began roughly 500 years before the birth of Jesus with the Persians, and it continued for some 300 years after the death of Jesus when the Roman Emperor Constantine, who was the first professing Christian Roman emperor forbid it and put an end to crucifixion. It was the Persians who invented it, but it was the Romans who perfected it.
When John wrote this, crucifixion was happening frequently. 1000's of people were crucified. That's probably why the Gospel writers didn't spend much time going into gory details about what happened to a person when they were crucified. They all knew. They had all seen it live, up close, and in person.
When it comes to capital punishment here in America, it's slightly different isn't it? We use the electric chair, the gas chamber, lethal injection, and some states even still use the firing squad and the hangman's noose. But there is no doubt when you begin to study the different forms of capital punishment; the most painful and torturous of all was crucifixion.
When you compare crucifixion of the 1st century to modern day American executions they differ in a couple of ways. 1) Executions here are private events. Cameras are not allowed. And most of the time the only people who are allowed to witness the event is friends, family members, or someone related to the victim. But when it came to crucifixion, it was an extremely public even. They hung people along the busiest streets and in the most crowded places because the Roman Empire wanted everyone to see what it's like when a person chooses to cross the authorities. They wanted to make people think twice about disobeying the government.
But there's another difference. 2) Today executions are very, very swift and are done as humanely as possible. So ...
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