seekeroftruth
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John 19:16 So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews. 20 Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”
22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”
23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”
This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,
“They divided my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.”[a]
and cast lots for my garment.”[a]
So this is what the soldiers did.
25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[b] here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
a. John 19:24 Psalm 22:18
Before I get into the crucifixion itself.... I need to see who showed up for Jesus.
The commentary has an issue with the number of women who were there that day. Mary, His mother, was there.... and her sister was there too. That's good... Mary had some moral support. Mary Magdalene was there.... and apparently there was the wife of Clopas. Apparently Clopas was a family member related to Joseph... So that would be Mary's sister-in-law... right? The commentary says there might have only been three women there... but I do count four... unless a sister and sister-in-law were counted the same in the days of Jesus.
At any rate.... John was there too. The disciple whom Jesus loved was always John. Jesus asked John to watch after His mother, Mary. John took her into his home. Like a brother... taking in their widowed mom.
This is from the blueletterbible.org site. I hadn't seen this before...
They crucified Him: In 1968, scientists for the first time discovered the remains of a man crucified in Jesus' era. The victim was nailed to the cross in a sitting position, both legs over sideways, with the nail penetrating the sides of both feet just below the heel. The arms were stretched out, each stabbed by a nail in the forearm.
Pilate didn't like what the Jews made him do. He was not happy about sending an innocent man to the cross. His hands were tied though.... if Pilate didn't send Jesus to the Cross.... the plan would have to take a turn.... and Jesus would have probably had to add a year to the Mission in order to be crucified [for no reason] on the Passover.... and the Sabbath probably wouldn't be on the following day... which would ruin the timing in the tomb.
It occurs to me that Jesus was on a timeline here.... about the same as when the first astronauts had to be in a particular spot at a particular time to be slung back to earth after they went to the moon or when they make a trip to the space station. Sure Jesus could have lasted another year.... without smacking one of those ignorant humans up beside the head.... but He needed the three days in the tomb to complete His Mission and conquer death.
So Pilate could not have stopped the crucifixion.... it was part of the plan. God knew Pilate would choose his job and position of one descendant of Jacob [Israel] from that horrid little town of Nazareth. Pilate wasn't going down without a fight though. He wanted the world... and the Emperor.... to know why he allowed Rome to take an innocent healer to the Cross. Pilate told the world.... in three languages.... that Jesus was accused of being the "king of the jews". the title was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. Everyone would know.... Jesus was an innocent man who was accused of being the "king of the jews". He could not allow that.... he had to be loyal to the Emperor.
Now of course the Pharisees and the Sadducees had to make an issue out of the sign. They "protested" to Pilate. They told Pilate to take that sign down. But Pilate was adamant and the sign stayed.
The next part is the indignation of being hung naked. Jesus had some great undergarments. They were better than Hanes or Fruit of the Loom by a long shot... there were no seams.... anywhere... not down the side... not down the front.... they were seamless.... so they couldn't easily be separated without ripping. So... the Soldiers did the Roman rendition of "flipping a coin" and they "drew lots". That fulfilled a prophecy written way back in the Psalms.... but more importantly... it illuminates the fact that Jesus didn't die nicely covered by a cloth..... He was naked.... humiliation was the point.... Jesus was naked.... and when He passed... His bowels would release.... how disgusting..... but it was what happened when someone made Rome angry.
Which brings me back to Pilates sign.... "king of the jews"..... a naked man..... soiled by open bowels after death.
So when those Pharisees and those Sadducees ordered Pilate to crucify an innocent man because he "claimed to be king of the jews".... they caused the spoiling and humiliation of the "king". Pilate was not taking the blame for that one....
Pilate told them... "the sign stays".
:coffee"