Jesus` Last Words, Final Hours on Cross and Jesus` Death
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Notable Aspects
  • Final words of Jesus indicated completion of personal mission
  • Words of witnesses emphasized prominence of Jesus
  • Death (from asphyxiation) was conclusive
  • Simultaneous external events intensified the drama

Words / EventSignificance (Traditional Spiritual Interpretation)
Words: "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Jesus prays for the executioners who do not understand or believe that Jesus is God.
Words: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Jesus (quoting a line from the Jewish scriptures) cries out at a moment in time when he is not just physically punished, but spiritually separated from God, his Father. God separates Himself from Jesus because all of the evils of mankind are placed on Jesus. This spiritual separation is the heaviest sacrifice which Jesus pays of behalf of mankind, so that mankand does not need to suffer spiritual separation from God.
Words: "It is finished." Once Jesus felt he had borne the penalty for the evils of mankind, he declared his mission as accomplished. This relates to Jesus' earlier mission statement to sacrifice himself for others: "The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Jesus quoted by Matthew 20:28)
Words: "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise." These words, spoken to a thief also being executed with Jesus, indicates Jesus' belief that Jesus would continue to live in paradise (heaven) and that Jesus can choose who will be there with him.
Words: "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." Jesus believes his spirit, not body, now goes to heaven with God.
Event: Earthquake (recorded in Matthew 27:52) Highlights severity of the moment.
Event: Skies Darken (recorded in Matthew 27:45 and Luke 23:44) Highlights severity of the moment.
Event: Temple veil splits in half (recorded in Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38, Luke 23:44) This event signified that there is no more division between man and God. In the Jewish temple, a veil blocked the area known as the "holy of holies." It was recognized as a place where God might be present. Only once a year was the chief priest able to enter the area to offer a sacrifice for the sins of the people. The symbolism of the veil being torn in two is that with Jesus paying the penalty for mankind's sins, sacrifices were no longer necessary, and everyone can enter the presence of God.
Event: Spear thrust into Jesus' side (recorded in John 19:34) Roman soldier confirms Jesus is dead.
Statement by witnessing Roman soldier: "Certainly this was a righteous man!" (recorded in Luke 23:47) Jesus' innocence is recognized.
Statement by witnessing Roman soldier: "Truly this was the Son of God." (recorded in Matthew 27:54 and Mark 15:38) Jesus' prominence is recognized.



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By: joey
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Jesus is God. He knows everything. He knows man is liable to sin. Then why did (God) he permit these things to man? Is it everything His plan? Who will go to Heaven? God says "whom I predestined will go to heaven". Answer me.



By: MBJ Pancras
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Where does the film Passion of Christ, by Mel Gibson diverge from or expand upon scripture and provide new information or offer a fresh interpretation of events?



By: Rose Dairty
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
Because the penalty for sin is death and therefore he needed to die in order to save us and to connect us and God



By: Ally Barnes
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
I think Jesus penalty had to include these two aspects of human life because these are the ways we learn more than being taught. A slap on the hands for a child, being spanked or being put into jail as a adult. Humans learn by the pain we suffer Som eof us do but some are smarter. I have a PHD in the HARD KNOCKS University. We are all told what will happen when we do thingsd but we must push our limits and gain knowledge from the pain of learning. Not all choose this path but I like , most have and do not wish my children to take this route but know they too have the same desires and will learn valuable lessons from the pain and disappointment from life. In life we learn most from the losing not the winning. If you can learn from these you can be a better person. Much love Jennifer



By: Jennifer Upchurch
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
this is show that he is hunan being like us. he had to feel all this so as we ordinary humans will understand and also feel his pain.



By: James Lafia
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
If after his death he then arose again and if you all consider him to be alive today, then the sacrifice seems either not such a big deal or not much of a sacrifice -- he was better off afterwards. If he died ad stayed dead, that would make more sense. It is kinda like tying a string around a coin and putting it into a soda machine, get your soda and then pull the coin back out.



By: Lauren Adams
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
Jesus came to us personally and walked among us. He suffered physical and emotional pain and spiritual separation. Jesus` death, burial, and resurrection of helps reinforce our faith in Jesus.



By: Dee
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
I believe the suffering was for us. The real pain for Jesus and God was their forced seperation for three days. Remember, they had been together for eternity. We could not understand that kind of pain, so the Lord made the pain graphic for our benefit. I also believe, as in the stonings, beheadings and other methods of torture the the early Christians had to endure, if Christ had died blissfully, it would have been harder for the early Christians to carry on. Jesus always led by example, and no matter the sacrifice we have to do his work. Last lesson I wondered why Jesus wasn`t murdered in secret, my question is answered in Luke 19:47 47Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words. Great class



By: Mike McGimpsey
Category: Jesus` Last Words, Final Hours on Cross and Jesus` Death
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Why did Jesus? penalty for sin need to include physical and emotional pain - why not just spiritual separation from God?
I believe the suffering was for us. The real pain for Jesus and God was their forced seperation for three days. Remember, they had been together for eternity. We could not understand that kind of pain, so the Lord made the pain graphic for our benefit. I also believe, as in the stonings, beheadings and other methods of torture the the early Christians had to endure, if Christ had died blissfully, it would have been harder for the early Christians to carry on. Jesus always led by example, and no matter the sacrifice we have to do his work. Last lesson I wondered why Jesus wasn`t murdered in secret, my question is answered in Luke 19:47 47Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words. Great class



By: Mike McGimpsey
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