And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
And it was the third hour when He was crucified, nailed to the cross to suffer because of sin and bear the penalty of humanity's transgression of God's law. He was led from the judgment-hall to Calvary, outside the gate and boundaries of Jerusalem where felons and murderers were executed, followed by a vast multitude because news of His condemnation had spread throughout Jerusalem and people of all classes and all ranks flocked toward the place of crucifixion. Disciples and believers from the city and the surrounding region joined the throng following the Saviour because the priests and rulers were bound by a promise not to molest His followers if He Himself were delivered to them. He was hurried to Calvary with the cross prepared for Barabbas laid upon His bruised and bleeding shoulders, while two thieves were also given crosses to die at the same time as He. Weakened by hunger, anguish, abuse, and repeated scourging, He was too weak to carry the cross, fell beneath its weight, and His persecutors had to seek someone else to bear it.
Before being lifted up He had been in the hands of wicked men, rejected by His own nation clamoring for His blood, crowned with thorns, mocked in a purple robe and struck with a reed, and scourged as the worst of criminals, while the murderous Barabbas was chosen in His place. He was stretched upon a wooden cross with nails driven through His hands and feet and hung there in agony for hours, with two others hanging with Him, while the crowd below reacted with grief and terror. He suffered there as substitute for Adam and Eve who were banished from Eden for transgression of the law of God, suffering without the gate that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, redeeming them from the curse of the law by being made a curse for them. His blood provides the ransom for His people, and His death is the means by which sin and Satan will finally be overcome, His willing suffering displaying redeeming love and showing the depth of what He gave up for others.
The crucifixion was the taking away of the Bridegroom from the disciples, giving them cause to mourn and fast. In that hour He in whom their hopes of eternal life were centered appeared defeated instead of taking David's throne, so their faith was tried and their hope and courage failed.
And it was the third hour when He was crucified, nailed to the cross to suffer because of sin and bear the penalty of humanity's transgression of God's law. He was led from the judgment-hall to Calvary, outside the gate and boundaries of Jerusalem where felons and murderers were executed, followed by a vast multitude because news of His condemnation had spread throughout Jerusalem and people of all classes and all ranks flocked toward the place of crucifixion. Disciples and believers from the city and the surrounding region joined the throng following the Saviour because the priests and rulers were bound by a promise not to molest His followers if He Himself were delivered to them. He was hurried to Calvary with the cross prepared for Barabbas laid upon His bruised and bleeding shoulders, while two thieves were also given crosses to die at the same time as He. Weakened by hunger, anguish, abuse, and repeated scourging, He was too weak to carry the cross, fell beneath its weight, and His persecutors had to seek someone else to bear it.
Before being lifted up He had been in the hands of wicked men, rejected by His own nation clamoring for His blood, crowned with thorns, mocked in a purple robe and struck with a reed, and scourged as the worst of criminals, while the murderous Barabbas was chosen in His place. He was stretched upon a wooden cross with nails driven through His hands and feet and hung there in agony for hours, with two others hanging with Him, while the crowd below reacted with grief and terror. He suffered there as substitute for Adam and Eve who were banished from Eden for transgression of the law of God, suffering without the gate that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, redeeming them from the curse of the law by being made a curse for them. His blood provides the ransom for His people, and His death is the means by which sin and Satan will finally be overcome, His willing suffering displaying redeeming love and showing the depth of what He gave up for others.
The crucifixion was the taking away of the Bridegroom from the disciples, giving them cause to mourn and fast. In that hour He in whom their hopes of eternal life were centered appeared defeated instead of taking David's throne, so their faith was tried and their hope and courage failed.