THE LAST DAY OF CHRIST'S LIFE
| What
happened in the last day
of Christ’s life? Do all the
gospels match all
the events? When was
Christ crucified? Why is there
two different
times of day given in the Bible for the crucifixion? Amongst the
new knowledge in
this article is the astounding facts that there were
two men called Judas and
two men called Barabbas involved in the last day of
Christ’s life. Let’s look
at the accounts of
the last 24 hours of Christ’s life from the gospels
and let’s answer the
questions on this all-important subject. A few days
before the
Passover, the scriptures state that the chief priests
and elders were gathered
together to plot to seize and kill Jesus. Mat 26:2 “You know that after
two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will
be delivered up to be
crucified.” Mat 26:3 Then the
chief priests, the scribes, and the
elders of the people assembled at the palace of the
high priest, who was called
Caiaphas, Mat 26:4 and
plotted to take Jesus by trickery and
kill Him. Jesus was in
Bethany, at
Simons home, and a woman anointed His body for burial. Mat 26:6 And when
Jesus was in Bethany at the house of
Simon the leper, Mat 26:7 a woman
came to Him having an alabaster flask
of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on
His head as He sat at the
table. Mat 26:12 For in pouring this
fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My burial. Satan enters
Judas. Luk 22:3 Then Satan
entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot,
who was numbered among the twelve. When Christ
was in Bethany
Judas went his way and left the group to go and
arrange with the chief priests
the betrayal of Christ. Luk 22:4 So he went
his way and conferred with the
chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him
to them. Judas
Iscariot went to the
chief priests and received 30 pieces of silver to
betray Jesus and hand Him
over to them. Mat 26:14 Then one
of the twelve, called Judas
Iscariot, went to the chief priests Mat 26:15 and said,
“What are you willing to give me if
I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him
thirty pieces of silver. Also around
this same time
Judas the brother of Christ also went to the chief
priests to arrange for the
arrest of Christ. He
prearranged that he would
kiss Christ and then they could take Him away safely. We would
like to point out
that the brother of Christ did not know Christ was
going to be put to death, he
assumed that He would be put in prison or something
similar, notice the brother
wanted Him lead away safely. Mar 14:44 Now His
betrayer had given them a signal,
saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him
and lead Him away safely.” And notice
further that when
the brother realised Christ was going to die he
returned the 30 pieces of
silver and hung himself. Stating Christ was innocent. Mat 27:3 Then
Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had
been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the
thirty pieces of silver to
the chief priests and elders, Mat 27:4 saying, “I
have sinned by betraying innocent
blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see
to it!” Mat 27:5 Then he
threw down the pieces of silver in
the temple and departed, and went and hanged
himself. Now we come
to the 24 hours
prior to Christ’s death. The Passover
was on Wednesday
that year. The 14th of Nisan. Because Jesus
was the Passover lamb,
He had to take the Passover with His disciples a day
early. He had to die at
the time the Passover lambs were killed. The lambs
were killed around 3pm – 5pm
on Wednesday afternoon, Christ died at 3pm Wednesday
afternoon. He was the
Passover Lamb. CHRIST HAD
TO TAKE THE PASSOVER
1 DAY EARLY BECAUSE HE WAS THE PASSOVER LAMB, HE
TOOK THE PASSOVER AT THE START
OF THE 14TH WE TAKE IT AT THE START OF
THE 15TH. On Tuesday
the 13th
in the afternoon, the disciples asked Christ where
will we prepare the
Passover. Mat 26:17 Now on the
first day of the Feast of
Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying
to Him, “Where do You want
us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” Christ told
them where they
were to prepare the Passover. Notice that the Passover
is prepared. Mar 14:15 Then he will show you
a large upper room, furnished and prepared; there
make ready for us.” Mar 14:16 So His
disciples went out, and came into the
city, and found it just as He had said to them; and
they prepared the Passover. Now we come
to the all-important
eating of the Passover meal. Notice that it happens
after sunset, the next day.
The Passover was prepared on the Tuesday afternoon,
now it is eaten after
sunset, which is the next day, the beginning of
Wednesday. POSSIBLY
AROUND 7 PM Mat 26:20 When
evening had come, He sat down with the
twelve. Mat 26:21 Now as
they were eating, He said, “Assuredly,
I say to you, one of you will betray Me.” Christ
desired to keep the
Passover with His disciples. Luk 22:15 Then He
said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat
this Passover with you before I
suffer; Luk 22:16 for I say to you, I
will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in
the kingdom of God.” Christ
states that one of
them will betray Him. Mar 14:18 Now as
they sat and ate, Jesus said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of
you who eats with Me will
betray Me.” Mar 14:19 And they
began to be sorrowful, and to say to
Him one by one, “Is it I?” And another said, “Is it
I?” During the
meal, Christ
offered the disciples bread. Mar 14:22 And as
they were eating, Jesus took bread,
blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said,
“Take,
eat; this is My body.” When the
meal was ended
Christ offered the wine. Luk 22:20 Likewise
He also took the cup after supper,
saying, “This cup is the
new covenant in My blood,
which is shed for you. Christ said
He would not
drink of the vine until the kingdom. Mar 14:25 Assuredly, I say to
you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the
vine until that day when I drink
it new in the kingdom of God.” Christ
introduced the foot
washing. Joh 13:4 rose from
supper and laid aside His garments,
took a towel and girded Himself. Joh 13:5 After
that, He poured water into a basin and
began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them
with the towel with which
He was girded. Joh 13:6 Then He
came to Simon Peter. And Peter said
to Him, “Lord, are You washing my feet?” Joh 13:7 Jesus
answered and said to him, “What
I am doing you do not understand now, but you will
know
after this.” Joh 13:8 Peter said
to Him, “You shall never wash my
feet!” Jesus answered him, “If
I do not wash you, you
have no part with Me.” Joh 13:9 Simon
Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet
only, but also my hands and my head!” Joh 13:10 Jesus said
to him, “He
who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is
completely clean; and you are
clean, but not all of you.” Joh 13:11 For He
knew who would betray Him; therefore
He said, “You are not all
clean.” Joh 13:12 So when He
had washed their feet, taken His
garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you
know what I have done to you? Joh 13:13 You call Me Teacher
and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. Joh 13:14 If I then, your Lord
and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought
to wash one another’s feet. Joh 13:15 For I have given you
an example, that you should do as I have done to
you. Joh 13:16 Most assuredly, I say
to you, a servant is not greater than his master;
nor is he who is sent greater
than he who sent him. Joh 13:17 If you know these
things, blessed are you if you do them. Joh 13:18 “I do not speak
concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen;
but that the Scripture may be
fulfilled, ‘HE WHO EATS BREAD WITH ME HAS LIFTED
UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.’ Joh 13:19 Now I tell you before
it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may
believe that I am He. Joh 13:20 Most assuredly, I say
to you, he who receives whomever I send receives
Me; and he who receives Me
receives Him who sent Me.” Christ said
again that one of
them would betray Him. Luk 22:21 But behold, the hand
of My betrayer is with Me on the table. The
disciples wondered who it
was who was going to betray Christ. Luk 22:23 Then they
began to question among themselves,
which of them it was who would do this thing. John was the
disciple Jesus
loved. Joh 13:23 Now there
was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of
His disciples, whom Jesus loved. Peter asked
John to ask
Christ who it was who was going to betray Him. Joh 13:24 Simon
Peter therefore motioned to him to ask
who it was of whom He spoke. John asked
who it was. Joh 13:25 Then,
leaning back on Jesus’ breast, he said
to Him, “Lord, who is it?” Judas
identified by Christ. Joh 13:26 Jesus
answered, “It
is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I
have dipped it.” And
having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon. Then they
had a disagreement
about who was the greatest. Luk 22:24 Now there
was also a dispute among them, as
to which of them should be considered the greatest. Christ
addressed their
argument. Luk 22:25 And He
said to them, “The
kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them,
and those who exercise
authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ Luk 22:26 But not so among you;
on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let
him be as the younger, and
he who governs as he who serves. Luk 22:27 For who is greater,
he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it
not he who sits at the table?
Yet I am among you as the One who serves. Luk 22:28 “But you are those
who have continued with Me in My trials. Luk 22:29 And I bestow upon you
a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me, Luk 22:30 that you may eat and
drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on
thrones judging the twelve tribes
of Israel.” Luk 22:31 And the
Lord said, “Simon,
Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he
may sift you as wheat. Luk 22:32 But I have prayed for
you, that your faith should not fail; and when you
have returned to Me,
strengthen your brethren.” Luk 22:33 But he
said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go
with You, both to prison and to death.” Christ told
Peter how he was
going to deny Christ. Luk 22:34 Then He
said, “I tell
you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day
before you will deny three
times that you know Me.” Luk 22:35 And He
said to them, “When
I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and
sandals, did you lack anything?” So
they said, “Nothing.” Luk 22:36 Then He
said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him
take it, and likewise a
knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell
his garment and buy one. Luk 22:37 For I say to you that
this which is written must still be accomplished
in Me: ‘AND HE WAS NUMBERED
WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS.’ For the things concerning
Me have an end.” Luk 22:38 So they
said, “Lord, look, here are two
swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.” After the
piece of bread
Satan entered into Judas. Joh 13:27 Now after
the piece of bread, Satan entered
him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.” Joh 13:28 But no one
at the table knew for what reason
He said this to him. Joh 13:29 For some
thought, because Judas had the money
box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy those things
we need for the feast,” or
that he should give something to the poor. Joh 13:30 Having
received the piece of bread, he then
went out immediately. And it was night. Joh 13:31 So, when
he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is
glorified, and God is glorified in
Him. Joh 13:32 If God is glorified
in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and
glorify Him immediately. Joh 13:33 Little children, I
shall be with you a little while longer. You will
seek Me; and as I said to the
Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now
I say to you. Joh 13:34 A new commandment I
give to you, that you love one another; as I have
loved you, that you also love
one another. Joh 13:35 By this all will know
that you are My disciples, if you have love for
one another.” Joh 13:36 Simon
Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You
going?” Jesus answered him, “Where
I am going you
cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me
afterward.” After some
discussion with
His disciples Christ and the disciples leave. Joh 14:31 But that the world
may know that I love the Father, and as the Father
gave Me commandment, so I
do. Arise, let us go from here. POSSIBLY
ABOUT 10 PM Before they
departed they
sung a hymn. Mat 26:30 And when
they had sung a hymn, they went out
to the Mount of Olives. As Christ
and the disciples
travelled to the Mount of Olives, Christ spoke to
them. Joh 15:1 “I am the true vine,
and My Father is the vinedresser. Joh 15:2 Every branch in Me
that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every
branch that bears fruit He
prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Joh 15:3 You are already clean
because of the word which I have spoken to you. Joh 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in
you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
unless it abides in the vine,
neither can you, unless you abide in Me. Joh 15:5 “I am the vine, you
are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in
him, bears much fruit; for
without Me you can do nothing. Joh 15:6 If anyone does not
abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is
withered; and they gather them
and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. Joh 15:7 If you abide in Me,
and My words abide in you, you will ask what you
desire, and it shall be done
for you. Joh 15:8 By this My Father is
glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will
be My disciples. Joh 15:9 “As the Father loved
Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. Joh 15:10 If you keep My
commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I
have kept My Father’s
commandments and abide in His love. Joh 15:11 “These things I have
spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and
that your joy may be full. Joh 15:12 This is My
commandment, that you love one another as I have
loved you. Joh 15:13 Greater love has no
one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his
friends. Joh 15:14 You are My friends if
you do whatever I command you. Joh 15:15 No longer do I call
you servants, for a servant does not know what his
master is doing; but I have
called you friends, for all things that I heard
from My Father I have made
known to you. Joh 15:16 You did not choose
Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you
should go and bear fruit, and
that your fruit should remain, that whatever you
ask the Father in My name He
may give you. Joh 15:17 These things I
command you, that you love one another. Joh 15:18 “If the world hates
you, you know that it hated Me before it hated
you. Joh 15:19 If you were of the
world, the world would love its own. Yet because
you are not of the world, but
I chose you out of the world, therefore the world
hates you. Joh 15:20 Remember the word
that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than
his master.’ If they
persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If
they kept My word, they will
keep yours also. Joh 15:21 But all these things
they will do to you for My name’s sake, because
they do not know Him who sent
Me. Joh 15:22 If I had not come and
spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now
they have no excuse for their
sin. Joh 15:23 He who hates Me hates
My Father also. Joh 15:24 If I had not done
among them the works which no one else did, they
would have no sin; but now
they have seen and also hated both Me and My
Father. Joh 15:25 But this happened
that the word might be fulfilled which is written
in their law, ‘THEY HATED ME
WITHOUT A CAUSE.’ Joh 15:26 “But when the Helper
comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth who
proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. Joh 15:27 And you also will
bear witness, because you have been with Me from
the beginning. Joh 16:1 “These things I have
spoken to you, that you should not be made to
stumble. Joh 16:2 They will put you out
of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that
whoever kills you will think
that he offers God service. Joh 16:3 And these things they
will do to you because they have not known the
Father nor Me. Joh 16:4 But these things I
have told you, that when the time comes, you may
remember that I told you of
them. “And these things I did not say to you at
the beginning, because I was
with you. Joh 16:5 “But now I go away to
Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where
are You going?’ Joh 16:6 But because I have
said these things to you, sorrow has filled your
heart. Joh 16:7 Nevertheless I tell
you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go
away; for if I do not go away,
the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart,
I will send Him to you. Joh 16:8 And when He has come,
He will convict the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment: Joh 16:9 of sin, because they
do not believe in Me; Joh 16:10 of righteousness,
because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; Joh 16:11 of judgment, because
the ruler of this world is judged. Joh 16:12 “I still have many
things to say to you, but you cannot bear them
now. Joh 16:13 However, when He, the
Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into
all truth; for He will not
speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears
He will speak; and He will
tell you things to come. Joh 16:14 He will glorify Me,
for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to
you. Joh 16:15 All things that the
Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will
take of Mine and declare it
to you. Joh 16:16 “A little while, and
you will not see Me; and again a little while, and
you will see Me, because I
go to the Father.” Christ
prayed. Joh 17:1 Jesus
spoke these words, lifted up His eyes
to heaven, and said: “Father,
the hour has come.
Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify
You, Joh 17:2 as You have given Him
authority over all flesh, that He should give
eternal life to as many as You
have given Him. Joh 17:3 And this is eternal
life, that they may know You, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom You have
sent. Joh 17:4 I have glorified You
on the earth. I have finished the work which You
have given Me to do. Joh 17:5 And now, O Father,
glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory
which I had with You before
the world was. Joh 17:6 “I have manifested
Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of
the world. They were Yours,
You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. Joh 17:7 Now they have known
that all things which You have given Me are from
You. Joh 17:8 For I have given to
them the words which You have given Me; and they
have received them, and have
known surely that I came forth from You; and they
have believed that You sent
Me. Joh 17:9 “I pray for them. I
do not pray for the world but for those whom You
have given Me, for they are
Yours. Joh 17:10 And all Mine are Yours,
and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. Joh 17:11 Now I am no longer in
the world, but these are in the world, and I come
to You. Holy Father, keep
through Your name those whom You have given Me,
that they may be one as We are. Joh 17:12 While I was with them
in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom
You gave Me I have kept; and
none of them is lost except the son of perdition,
that the Scripture might be
fulfilled. Joh 17:13 But now I come to
You, and these things I speak in the world, that
they may have My joy fulfilled
in themselves. Joh 17:14 I have given them
Your word; and the world has hated them because
they are not of the world, just
as I am not of the world. Joh 17:15 I do not pray that
You should take them out of the world, but that
You should keep them from the
evil one. Joh 17:16 They are not of the
world, just as I am not of the world. Joh 17:17 Sanctify them by Your
truth. Your word is truth. Joh 17:18 As You sent Me into
the world, I also have sent them into the world. Joh 17:19 And for their sakes I
sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified
by the truth. Joh 17:20 “I do not pray for
these alone, but also for those who will believe
in Me through their word; Joh 17:21 that they all may be
one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that
they also may be one in Us,
that the world may believe that You sent Me. Joh 17:22 And the glory which
You gave Me I have given them, that they may be
one just as We are one: Joh 17:23 I in them, and You in
Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that
the world may know that You
have sent Me, and have loved them as You have
loved Me. Joh 17:24 “Father, I desire
that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me
where I am, that they may behold
My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me
before the foundation of the
world. Joh 17:25 O righteous Father!
The world has not known You, but I have known You;
and these have known that
You sent Me. Joh 17:26 And I have declared
to them Your name, and will declare it, that the
love with which You loved Me
may be in them, and I in them.” When they
arrived at the
Mount of Olives and Gethsemane Christ went to pray and
asked the disciples to
do the same. POSSIBLY
AROUND 11 PM The reason
Christ told them
to pray could well have been to strengthen themselves
for the next few hours
ahead, remember Peter denied Christ, and there was
much opposition against
Christ from the Pharisees and the Sadducees, which put
a lot of pressure on the
followers of Christ. The death of Christ in itself
would be a huge test of
faith for them also. Luk 22:40 When He
came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter
into temptation.” Luk 22:41 And He was
withdrawn from them about a
stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, Christ took
with Him Peter
and the two sons of Zebedee, He needed the comfort and
support of the
disciples, He needed them to pray for Him. Mat 26:37 And He
took with Him Peter and the two sons
of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply
distressed. Mat 26:38 Then He
said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to
death. Stay here and watch with
Me.” Mat 26:39 He went a
little farther and fell on His
face, and prayed, saying, “O
My Father, if it is
possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless,
not as I will, but as You
will.” While Jesus
prayed an angel
strengthened Him. Luk 22:43 Then an
angel appeared to Him from heaven,
strengthening Him. He was in
such agony His
sweat turned to blood. Luk 22:44 And being
in agony, He prayed more earnestly.
Then His sweat became like great drops of blood
falling down to the ground. POSSIBLY
AROUND MIDNIGHT The
disciples did not give
the support, comfort or strength to Christ He needed. Mar 14:37 Then He
came and found them sleeping, and
said to Peter, “Simon, are
you sleeping? Could you not
watch one hour? Mar 14:38 Watch and pray, lest
you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is
weak.” Mar 14:39 Again He
went away and prayed, and spoke the
same words. POSSIBLY
AROUND 1 AM Mar 14:40 And when
He returned, He found them asleep
again, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not
know what to answer Him. POSSIBLY
AROUND 2 AM Mar 14:41 Then He
came the third time and said to them,
“Are you still sleeping and
resting? It is enough! The hour
has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed
into the hands of sinners. Mar 14:42 Rise, let us be
going. See, My betrayer is at hand.” Judas
Iscariot leads the mob. Notice how
Iscariot went to
kiss Him, but he did not. Also notice that Judas
Iscariot led the mob. There is
a further reference to this in Acts 1 v 16, Iscariot
was a guide. Luk 22:47 And while
He was still speaking, behold, a
multitude; and he who was called Judas, one of the
twelve, went before them and
drew near to Jesus to kiss Him. Luk 22:48 But Jesus
said to him, “Judas, are
you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” NOW FOR NEW
KNOWLEDGE ON THE
BETRAYAL OF CHRIST Not only did
Judas Iscariot
betray Christ, but so did Christ’s brother Judas. The
following verse is referring
to Christ’s brother Judas. Notice Judas
the brother of
Christ arrived with a band of men and officers from
the chief priests and
pharisees. and they were armed. The
following verse refers to
Christ’s brother, because Iscariot was a disciple,
this verse could not refer
to him. Joh 18:2 And Judas,
who betrayed Him, also knew the
place; for Jesus often met there with His disciples. Joh 18:3 Then
Judas, having received a detachment of
troops, and officers from the chief priests and
Pharisees, came there with
lanterns, torches, and weapons. Christ was
not expecting His
brother, Iscariot and his multitude were already
there, and Christ thought this
second group may have been after the disciples. He did
not think they had come
to get Him because the first group were there. Christ’s
brother told his
band that he would kiss Christ and he did that as soon
as the band arrived. Mat 26:48 Now His
betrayer had given them a sign,
saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him.” Mat 26:49 Immediately
he went up to Jesus and said,
“Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. Jesus asked
His brother why
was he there. Christ knew
that Iscariot was
going to betray Him. Christ knew Iscariot would arrive
with a mob to arrest
Him. The following verse cannot and does not refer to
Iscariot, the word friend
means clansman. Mat 26:50 But Jesus
said to him, “Friend, why
have you come?” Then they came and laid
hands on Jesus and took Him. Jesus
questioned the group to
find out why they were there. Christ knew
that Iscariot and
his group were already there to take Him, and so He
was unaware of His brother’s
intentions to betray Him and arrest Him with his band. Jesus
received no answer from
His brother and so addressed the band of officers. Joh 18:4 Jesus
therefore, knowing all things that
would come upon Him, went forward and said to them,
“Whom
are you seeking?” Joh 18:5 They
answered Him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus
said to them, “I am He.” And
Judas, who betrayed
Him, also stood with them. They would
have fallen
backward because Christ said He was God {I am} and
they did not believe this. Joh 18:6 Now when
He said to them, “I am He,”
they drew back and fell to the ground. Joh 18:7 Then He
asked them again, “Whom are
you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus of
Nazareth.” Jesus was
worried they had
come for the disciples. Joh 18:8 Jesus
answered, “I
have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek
Me, let these go their way,” Joh 18:9 that the
saying might be fulfilled which He
spoke, “Of those whom You
gave Me I have lost none.” After Jesus
spoke these words
then comes the remainder of verse 50. Mat 26:50………
Then came they,
and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. Now whilst
Christ was being
led away, Peter draws his sword. Joh 18:10 Then Simon
Peter, having a sword, drew it and
struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his
right ear. The servant’s name
was Malchus. Mat 26:52 But Jesus
said to him, “Put your
sword in its place, for all who take the sword
will
perish by the sword. Mat 26:53 Or do you think that
I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will
provide Me with more than twelve
legions of angels? Mat 26:54 How then could the
Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen
thus?” Notice that
when Christ
healed the ear of the servant Malchus that He was not
bound at this point, He
had hands laid on Him, but not bound, because He could
not touch the ear if He
was bound. Luk 22:51 But Jesus
answered and said, “Permit
even this.” And He touched his ear and
healed
him. Christ was
bound, by the band
with the brother of Christ, and taken to Annas. POSSIBLY
AROUND 3 AM Joh 18:12 Then the
detachment of troops and the captain
and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and
bound Him. Joh 18:13 And they
led Him away to Annas first, for he
was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high
priest that year. Jesus was
asked some
questions on His teachings, hit and sent to Caiaphas. Joh 18:19 The high
priest then asked Jesus about His
disciples and His doctrine. Joh 18:20 Jesus
answered him, “I
spoke openly to the world. I always taught in
synagogues and in the temple,
where the Jews always meet, and in secret I have
said nothing. Joh 18:21 Why do you ask Me?
Ask those who have heard Me what I said to them.
Indeed they know what I said.” Joh 18:22 And when
He had said these things, one of the
officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of
his hand, saying, “Do You
answer the high priest like that?” Joh 18:23 Jesus
answered him, “If
I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but
if well, why do you strike
Me?” Joh 18:24 Then Annas
sent Him bound to Caiaphas the
high priest. The
following is a very
important scripture as it gives the correct day for
keeping the Passover. It
should be kept on the night of the 14th the
start of the 15th,
which the Jews were going to do, the night of Christ’s
death. Joh 18:28 Then they
led Jesus from Caiaphas to the
Praetorium, and it was early morning. But they
themselves did not go into the
Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but that
they might eat the Passover. POSSIBLY
ABOUT 7:30 AM This was
possibly about 7:30
am when He appeared before Pilate. At this time
Judas the
brother of Christ, saw what was going to happen to
Christ {we do not believe
that Judas thought they would kill Christ but that
maybe they would put Him in
prison} and Judas had remorse and returned the thirty
pieces of silver to the
chief priests and elders. He then went out and hung
himself. Mat 27:3 Then
Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had
been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the
thirty pieces of silver to
the chief priests and elders, Mat 27:4 saying, “I
have sinned by betraying innocent
blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see
to it!” Mat 27:5 Then he
threw down the pieces of silver in
the temple and departed, and went and hanged
himself. Then the
chief priests took
the silver and bought the potter’s field. Mat 27:6 But the
chief priests took the silver pieces
and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the
treasury, because they are the
price of blood.” Mat 27:7 And they
consulted together and bought with
them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. Mat 27:8 Therefore
that field has been called the
Field of Blood to this day. This is the
first time that
Jesus is confronted by Pilate and notice that He
utters but a few words to
Pilate. Mat 27:11 Now Jesus
stood before the governor. And the
governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the
Jews?” Jesus said to him, “It
is as you say.” Mat 27:12 And while
He was being accused by the chief
priests and elders, He answered nothing. Mat 27:13 Then
Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how
many things they testify against You?” Mat 27:14 But He
answered him not one word, so that the
governor marveled greatly. Then there
was a murderer
called Barabbas, note carefully that he was a
murderer. Mar 15:6 Now at the
feast he was accustomed to
releasing one prisoner to them, whomever they
requested. Mar 15:7 And there
was one named Barabbas, who was
chained with his fellow rebels; they had committed
murder in the rebellion. Pilate then
released the murderer
Barabbas and sent Jesus to be scourged and crucified. Mar 15:15 So Pilate,
wanting to gratify the crowd,
released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus,
after he had scourged Him,
to be crucified. During this
scourging Christ
suffered unspeakable injuries and was horribly
mutilated. Mar 15:16 Then the
soldiers led Him away into the hall
called Praetorium, and they called together the
whole garrison. Mar 15:17 And they
clothed Him with purple; and they
twisted a crown of thorns, put it on His head, Mar 15:18 and began
to salute Him, “Hail, King of the
Jews!” Mar 15:19 Then they
struck Him on the head with a reed
and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshiped
Him. Mar 15:20 And when
they had mocked Him, they took the
purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led
Him out to crucify Him. Now for the
first
crucifixion. The cross of
Christ was
carried by Simon of Cyrene. Luk 23:26 Now as
they led Him away, they laid hold of a
certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from
the country, and on him they
laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus. Luk 23:27 And a
great multitude of the people followed
Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him. Luk 23:28 But Jesus,
turning to them, said, “Daughters
of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for
yourselves and for your children. Luk 23:29 For indeed the days
are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are
the barren, wombs that never
bore, and breasts which never nursed!’ Luk 23:30 Then they will begin
‘TO SAY TO THE MOUNTAINS, “FALL ON US!” AND TO THE
HILLS, “COVER US!”’ Luk 23:31 For if they do these
things in the green wood, what will be done in the
dry?” Luk 23:32 There were
also two others, criminals, led
with Him to be put to death. Notice the
place where Jesus
was crucified the first time was at Calvary. This
place may not have been near
a road, as people passing by are not mentioned. Luk 23:33 And when
they had come to the place called
Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the
criminals, one on the right hand and
the other on the left. These people
were present at
the first crucifixion: rulers and people watching. Luk 23:35 And the
people stood looking on. But even the
rulers with them sneered, saying, “He saved others;
let Him save Himself if He
is the Christ, the chosen of God.” There were
two malefactors
crucified with Christ at the first crucifixion and one
of these repented. Luk 23:39 Then one
of the criminals who were hanged
blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save
Yourself and us.” Luk 23:40 But the
other, answering, rebuked him,
saying, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are
under the same condemnation? Luk 23:41 And we
indeed justly, for we receive the due
reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing
wrong.” Luk 23:42 Then he
said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me
when You come into Your kingdom.” Luk 23:43 And Jesus
said to him, “Assuredly, I
say to you, today you will be with Me in
Paradise.” They also
gave Him wine mixed
with myrrh, but He did not drink it. Christ did not
drink the wine, because He
had previously told His disciples He would not drink
of the vine again until
the Kingdom. Mar 15:23 Then they
gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to
drink, but He did not take it. AT 9 AM At 9 am
Wednesday morning the
Passover day 14th Nisan, Jesus was nailed
to the cross. Mar 15:25 Now it was
the third hour, and they crucified
Him. The four
gospels give four
different interpretations of what was written above
the head of Jesus. Matthew Mark
and Luke give
three different words because it was written in three
different dialects: Greek, Latin
and Hebrew. John has
different words
because they were written by Pilate. Mat 27:37 And they
put up over His head the accusation
written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE
JEWS. Mar 15:26 And the
inscription of His accusation was
written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS. Luk 23:38 And an
inscription also was written over Him
in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE
KING OF THE JEWS. The words
written above Jesus
were as follows: THIS IS
JESUS THE KING OF THE
JEWS. THE KING OF
THE JEWS. THIS IS THE
KING OF THE JEWS. APPROXIMATELY
10 AM Possibly
around 10 am Jesus
was taken off the cross and returned to Pilate. Pilate
desperately wanted to
release Jesus and was afraid to kill Him. He had been
warned by his
wife, and there were many other pressures on him. Act 3:13 The God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God
of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom
you delivered up and denied
in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to
let Him go. He tried to
get the Jews to
take care of the matter, but they would not do it. Joh 18:31 Then
Pilate said to them, “You take Him and
judge Him according to your law.” Therefore the Jews
said to him, “It is not
lawful for us to put anyone to death,” Joh 18:32 that the
saying of Jesus might be fulfilled
which He spoke, signifying by what death He would
die. Pilate was
overjoyed to hear
Christ was a Galilean, so he then sent Him to Herod. Luk 23:3 Then
Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the
King of the Jews?” He answered him and said, “It is as
you say.” Luk 23:4 So Pilate
said to the chief priests and the
crowd, “I find no fault in this Man.” Luk 23:5 But they
were the more fierce, saying, “He
stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea,
beginning from Galilee to
this place.” Luk 23:6 When
Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the
Man were a Galilean. Luk 23:7 And as
soon as he knew that He belonged to
Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was
also in Jerusalem at that
time. Luk 23:8 Now when
Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly
glad; for he had desired for a long time to see Him,
because he had heard many
things about Him, and he hoped to see some miracle
done by Him. Herod
questioned Jesus at
length and then returned Him to Pilate. Luk 23:9 Then he
questioned Him with many words, but
He answered him nothing. Luk 23:10 And the
chief priests and scribes stood and
vehemently accused Him. Luk 23:11 Then
Herod, with his men of war, treated Him
with contempt and mocked Him, arrayed Him in a
gorgeous robe, and sent Him back
to Pilate. Pilate
gathers the people. Luk 23:13 Then
Pilate, when he had called together the
chief priests, the rulers, and the people, Luk 23:14 said to
them, “You have brought this Man to
me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed,
having examined Him in your
presence, I have found no fault in this Man
concerning those things of which
you accuse Him; Luk 23:15 no,
neither did Herod, for I sent you back to
him; and indeed nothing deserving of death has been
done by Him. Luk 23:16 I will
therefore chastise Him and release
Him” Pilate now
talks to Jesus,
remember earlier how Christ would not answer his
questions, but now He does
answer Pilate. Joh 18:33 Then
Pilate entered the Praetorium again,
called Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of
the Jews?” Joh 18:34 Jesus
answered him, “Are
you speaking for yourself about this, or did
others tell you this concerning
Me?” Joh 18:35 Pilate
answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation
and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What
have You done?” Joh 18:36 Jesus
answered, “My
kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were
of this world, My servants
would fight, so that I should not be delivered to
the Jews; but now My kingdom
is not from here.” Joh 18:37 Pilate
therefore said to Him, “Are You a king
then?” Jesus answered, “You
say rightly that I am a
king. For this cause I was born, and for this
cause I have come into the world,
that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone
who is of the truth hears My
voice.” Joh 18:38 Pilate
said to Him, “What is truth?” And when
he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and
said to them, “I find no
fault in Him at all. Notice that
this is a
different man to the original Barabbas, the first one
was a murderer, but this
Barabbas was a robber. Joh 18:39 “But you
have a custom that I should release
someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore
want me to release to you the
King of the Jews?” Joh 18:40 Then they
all cried again, saying, “Not this
Man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber. Again Jesus
is flogged. Joh 19:1 So then
Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. Joh 19:2 And the
soldiers twisted a crown of thorns
and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple
robe. Joh 19:3 Then they
said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And
they struck Him with their hands. Joh 19:4 Pilate
then went out again, and said to them,
“Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may
know that I find no fault
in Him.” Joh 19:5 Then Jesus
came out, wearing the crown of
thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them,
“Behold the Man!” Joh 19:6 Therefore,
when the chief priests and
officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify
Him, crucify Him!” Pilate
said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I
find no fault in Him.” Joh 19:7 The Jews
answered him, “We have a law, and
according to our law He ought to die, because He
made Himself the Son of God.” Joh 19:8 Therefore,
when Pilate heard that saying, he
was the more afraid, Pilate was
afraid to be
responsible for the death of Christ and he tried very
hard to free Him. Joh 19:9 and went
again into the Praetorium, and said
to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him
no answer. Pilate
explains that he can
get Christ released. Joh 19:10 Then
Pilate said to Him, “Are You not
speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power to
crucify You, and power to
release You?” Christ
corrects him. Joh 19:11 Jesus
answered, “You
could have no power at all against Me unless it
had been given you from above.
Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the
greater sin.” Joh 19:12 From then
on Pilate sought to release Him,
but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man
go, you are not Caesar’s
friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against
Caesar.” This is the
first time that
Christ has been to this place called the Pavement or
Gabbatha. Joh 19:13 When
Pilate therefore heard that saying, he
brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat
in a place that is called
The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. Now notice
very carefully the
time. It is the sixth hour 12:00 midday. 12 MIDDAY Joh 19:14 Now it was
the Preparation Day of the
Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to
the Jews, “Behold your
King!” Joh 19:15 But they
cried out, “Away with Him, away with
Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I
crucify your King?” The chief
priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!” Joh 19:16 Then he
delivered Him to them to be
crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away. Now notice
another very
important scripture. Jesus carried His own
cross, this is for those
people who will not carry their own cross, and
eventually suffer the second
death. Notice also that He went to Golgotha. In the first
crucifixion He
went to Calvary, and Simon of Cyrene carried the
cross. Joh 19:17 And He,
bearing His cross, went out to a
place called the Place of a Skull, which is called
in Hebrew, Golgotha, Joh 19:18 where they
crucified Him, and two others with
Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. Joh 19:19 Now Pilate
wrote a title and put it on the
cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE
KING OF THE JEWS. In this
crucifixion notice
there are two thieves not malefactors. Mar 15:27 With Him
they also crucified two robbers, one
on His right and the other on His left. Neither one
of these thieves
repented. In the first crucifixion one of the
malefactors repented. Mar 15:32 Let the
Christ, the King of Israel, descend
now from the cross, that we may see and believe.”
Even those who were crucified
with Him reviled Him. At the
second crucifixion,
Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. Joh 19:19 Now Pilate
wrote a title and put it on the
cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE
KING OF THE JEWS. Also note
that Pilate was
present at the cross, there was no mention of him
being there at the first
crucifixion. Joh 19:21 Therefore
the chief priests of the Jews said
to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’
but, ‘He said, “I am the King
of the Jews.”’” Joh 19:22 Pilate
answered, “What I have written, I have
written.” Note that
Golgotha was near
or on a road, as people were passing by where Jesus
was on the cross. Note this
also that what Pilate wrote was different to what was
written at the first
crucifixion. In the first crucifixion there was three
different things written
in three languages, Hebrew, Greek and Latin. At the
second crucifixion there
was only one writing mentioned but written in three
different languages, as
above, Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Joh 19:20 Then many
of the Jews read this title, for
the place where Jesus was crucified was near the
city; and it was written in
Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. The clothes
of Jesus were
divided up amongst the soldiers. Joh 19:23 Then the
soldiers, when they had crucified
Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to
each soldier a part, and also
the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven
from the top in one piece. Joh 19:24 They said
therefore among themselves, “Let us
not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall
be,” that the Scripture might
be fulfilled which says: “THEY DIVIDED MY GARMENTS
AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING
THEY CAST LOTS.” Therefore the soldiers did these
things. The
following scripture is
very interesting. Jesus would never have left the
welfare of His mother till
this moment. He more than likely would have left His
mother in the care of His
brother, Judas, however the fact that Judas, His own
brother betrayed Him was
totally unexpected by Christ. We have already shown
earlier, Judas the brother
of Christ, hung himself. Therefore Jesus arranged for
John to care for His
mother. Possibly Joseph was dead at this time. Joh 19:25 Now there
stood by the cross of Jesus His
mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of
Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Joh 19:26 When Jesus
therefore saw His mother, and the
disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His
mother, “Woman, behold your
son!” Joh 19:27 Then He
said to the disciple, “Behold
your mother!” And from that hour that
disciple
took her to his own home. Jesus died. Mat 27:45 Now from
the sixth hour until the ninth hour
there was darkness over all the land. AT
APPROXIMATELY 3 PM Mat 27:46 And about
the ninth hour Jesus cried out with
a loud voice, saying, “Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani?” that
is, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY
HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?” Mat 27:47 Some of
those who stood there, when they
heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” Mat 27:48 Immediately
one of them ran and took a
sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a
reed, and offered it to Him to
drink. Mat 27:49 The rest
said, “Let Him alone; let us see if
Elijah will come to save Him.” Mat 27:50 And Jesus
cried out again with a loud voice,
and yielded up His spirit. Then a
soldier pierced His
side. Joh 19:34 But one of
the soldiers pierced His side with
a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. Joh 19:35 And he who
has seen has testified, and his testimony
is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth,
so that you may believe. Joh 19:36 For these
things were done that the Scripture
should be fulfilled, “NOT ONE OF HIS BONES SHALL BE
BROKEN.” Joh 19:37 And again
another Scripture says, “THEY SHALL
LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED.” Now we will
look at the fate
of the other betrayer of Jesus, Judas Iscariot. Judas
Iscariot bought a piece
of land called Aceldama with his 30 pieces of silver.
He fell, landed on his
head and burst apart. Act 1:16 “Men and
brethren, this Scripture had to be
fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the
mouth of David concerning
Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested
Jesus; Act 1:17 for he was
numbered with us and obtained a
part in this ministry.” Act 1:18 (Now this
man purchased a field with the
wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst
open in the middle and all
his entrails gushed out. Act 1:19 And it
became known to all those dwelling in
Jerusalem; so that field is called in their own
language, Akel Dama, that is,
Field of Blood.) The reason
for the two
crucifixions is because of those people who have
received the Holy Spirit of
power, which is eternal life inherent and then turn
away from the truth. Heb 6:4 For it is
impossible for those who were once
enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and
have become partakers of
the Holy Spirit, Heb 6:5 and have
tasted the good word of God and the
powers of the age to come, Heb 6:6 if they
fall away, to renew them again to
repentance, since they crucify again for themselves
the Son of God, and put Him
to an open shame. This article
on the last day
of Christ’s life is full of new understanding of the
suffering of Christ. It
also contains new knowledge of the events of the last
day of His life. |