(Friday) - Day of Crucifixion
According to the Biblical record
On this day almost 2000 years ago
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By the time you read this today Jesus the Christ would already have been tried, tortured, and crucified.
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The Trials of Jesus Christ:
(The first 3 trials were all for the offense of Blasphemy and judged by the Jews)
• First trial, before Annas [nighttime hours]; Annas is looking for an accusation, biding time till Sanhedrin is gathered at High Priestly villa.
• Second [and primary] trial before Sanhedrin, Jesus is condemned.
• Third trial, immediately at dawn: the condemnation repeated, then Jesus taken to Romans
(The last 3 trials were for the offense of Treason against Rome, because Blasphemy was not a capital offense under Roman Law, and judged by Roman Authorities)
• Fourth trial before Pilate
• Fifth trial before Herod
• Sixth trial before Pilate
After these trials:
• Jesus is scourged, but this is not enough for the mob that the Sanhedrin had paid off, so the crowd yells, "Crucify Him or we will tell Rome!"
• Jesus is finally turned over to be crucified.
• Jesus mocked by Roman soldiers and a crown of thorns is forced into Jesus's head
• Jesus bears His cross to gate on north of city and is crucified around 9 am
The sky
About 3 pm:
• Jesus dies.
• Roman Soldier pierces Jesus' side side with a spear to ensure that he is dead.
• The veil outside the Holy of Holies torn in two from the top to the bottom.
• The Earth Shakes
• Some graves opened and dead people rise again and go into the city.
• Passover lambs slain in temple
Jesus buried by sundown
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Jesus had committed no crimes, had not sinned against God, and had followed all the rules of the old covenant. In short, He was perfect.
The Jewish priests of that time felt threatened by his teachings. They had tried to turn the public against Him many times in the past with no success. Finally they arrested Him in the dead of night, brought Him to a trial (in a way that violated their own rules) before a prejudiced court, and found Him guilty, all of this while the rest of the city slept. They then turned Him over to the Roman Authorities and threatened a revolt if he was not executed.
He was beaten, whipped raw, and forced to carry his own cross through the city and up the hill to Golgotha. There, His hands and feet were nailed to this wooden cross. It was then raised up for all to see. Jesus hung there between two other crucified men for about 6 hours, slowly weakening and suffocated to death.
The sky turned dark from about noon until 3 pm.
When Jesus finally did die:
• there was an earthquake
• the curtain separating the ark of the covenant in the Holy of Holies from the rest of the temple was torn completely in two
• many holy people who had previously died were raised to life and seen throughout the city by many people.
When all these things happened and were witnessed by the roman soldiers standing guard over those crucified on the hill of Golgotha "...they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”" (Matthew 27:51)
Finally just before sundown Jesus's body was wrapped in linen cloth and laid to rest in a tomb. A large stone was rolled in front of the tomb's opening.
The man who claimed to be the Son of the Most High God, Maker of the Heavens and the Earth was dead.
Witnessed by hundreds if not thousands, verified with a spear through His side by the roman soldiers, and buried in donated grave,
Jesus was Dead...
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Now, here are some of the illegalities of the Jewish trials.
1. If a man was arrested for a capital crime, he could never be arrested at night. It had to be in broad daylight. Jesus' arrest took place between 1 and 2 o'clock at night.
2. If a man was arrested for a capital crime, no one cooperating in the arrest could be in any way connected to the one who is accused. No arrest for a capital crime could be made based upon information given by a follower or colleague of the accused. Because they felt if the accused was guilty so were his followers. But the entire plot revolved around Judas, one of the followers. This law was blatantly and openly ignored.
3. No Jewish trial could ever be held at night. The law stated that it must be held in the daytime. Listen to the code, which is taken from the Talmud: “The members of the court may not alertly and intelligently hear the testimony against the accused during the hours of darkness.” But, if you check the record, both before Annas and before Caiaphas, these trials were held in darkness.
4. The members of the Jewish court, after hearing the testimony of true witnesses (none of which were ever brought before Jesus) in a capital crime, could not immediately act and judge. They were to go home and remain alone and separate from one another for two days (at the least, one full day), thinking about the testimonies they had heard. During that time, here's what they were to do. Here's the language of the code: “Eat like food, drink like wines, sleep well. And once again return and hear the testimony of the accused. Then, and only then, shall you render a vote.” They didn't do that. They Jewish court never left the presence of Caiaphas!
5. In fact, even the method of voting was specified! They never took an “all in favor say I, all opposed say no” kind of vote. Their vote was supposed to be taken from the youngest to the oldest so that the youngest wouldn't be intimidated or influenced by the older votes. This never happened.
No trial could be held before only one judge, and never without a defense attorney. All of that was overlooked, openly, willfully ignored and disobeyed. They didn't follow their own rules.
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