Jesus Crucified
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Matthew 27:26-49 describes the suffering that Jesus Christ experienced after He was condemned to death. He was brutally handled by Roman soldiers, and then suffered the crucifixion.
First, notice the extent of Jesus’ suffering—the person crucified was laid on his back on a piece of raw timber [an already scourged back]. His hands were spread out on the cross-piece, and nails driven through each of them. His feet were nailed to the upright part of the cross. And then, the cross was raised up, and dropped into the ground. The person hung there until pain and exhaustion brought death—not dying quickly, because no vital organs had been injured—enduring the most excruciating pain. For six long hours He hung there before a gawking crowd, naked, and bleeding from head to foot—His head pierced with thorns—His back lacerated with scourging—His hands and feet torn with nails—and mocked and reviled by His cruel enemies. Yet, His death was just like His life, He was perfect. Right up to the very end, Satan could find nothing to accuse Him with. Second, notice the intent of Jesus sufferings—All of the abuse that the Lord endured, He did vicariously. Jesus did not suffer for His own sins, but for ours. He was our substitute in every last detail of His passion. We deserved what He received on our behalf. He was scourged so that “through His stripes we might be healed.” He was condemned though innocent so that we might be acquitted though guilty. He wore a crown of thorns so that we might wear the crown of glory. He was stripped of His clothing so was that we might wear His righteousness. He was he mocked and reviled so was that we might be honored and blessed. He was declared a criminal so that we might be declared innocent of sin. He was thought unable to save Himself so that He might save others. He died a painful, disgraceful death so that we might live forever.
Sin cera, Erik
Erik O. Garthe is Associate Pastor at Canton Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland.
