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DEATH AND BURIAL (14 OF 70)

by Jeff Schreve

Scripture: John 19:31-42
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Death and Burial (14 of 70)
And The Word Became Flesh
John 19:31-42
Pastor Jeff Schreve


If you have your Bible, please turn to John chapter 19. We're going through, verse-by-verse, the gospel of John. And last week we talked about the King on the cross and Jesus being crucified. And today we want to talk about Death and Burial.

Harold Hoehner, the theologian, has a book called The Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ. He kind of a grid of all the different scenarios of when Jesus was born, and when Jesus started His ministry, and when Jesus would be crucified, what was the date? You know, there are lots of different speculations on when exactly this all happened in history. When did it happen? And Harold Hoehner, as he goes through all of the potential answers, comes up with April 3, 33 A.D. That was Good Friday. That was the Friday when Jesus was crucified. And that day, starting in the early hours of Friday morning, Jesus was arrested, Jesus was tried, He was brutalized, He was falsely accused and falsely convicted, He was scourged, He was rejected, "Not this man, but Barabbas," and He was sentenced to death. What was the reason for his crucifixion? Pilate knew it was for envy that they had delivered Him up. You're not going to be crucified because this guy is jealous of you. So, they came up with the reason: "He says He's the Son of God. And we have a law, and by that law He must die because He makes Himself out to be the Son of God," which was true, because He was, and He is, the Son of God. He was crucified between two thieves. He suffered on the cross, suffered for six hours, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The first three hours He suffered the wrath and the ridicule of man, and the last three hours darkness covered the land from noon till 3. The last three hours He suffered the wrath and judgment of God. His last two words of His seven words from the cross, "It is finished! Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit." And it says in John 19:30, "W ...

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