First Southern Baptist Church of Topeka

Resurrection Questions: Why did Jesus have to suffer so terribly?

Hebrews 10:20 (HCSB) 20 by the new and living way He has opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

John 14:6 (HCSB) Jesus told him,“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

1 Peter 1:18–19 (HCSB) For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

Matthew 27:27-29 “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!”

(v.27) “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.”

“the whole band of soldiers” - Spira - a cohort or 300 to 600 soldiers

(v.28) “…and they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.”

“stripped him” ekduo = to totally unclothe or fully undress

(v.28) “…and put on him a scarlet robe.”

kokkinos - scarlet - deep crimson - a robe worn by nobility
“had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head”

“put it down” or “Pushed down” is the word epitithimi = to forcefully shove.

“had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head”

“crown” is “stephanos”, the word that described a victor’s crown.
“…a reed in his right hand”

“…they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!”

gonupeteo = to fall down upon one’s knees.

“…they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!”

empaidzo = to play a game with,

Matthew 27:30 “And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.”

they = the entire cohort

Matthew 27:31 “…they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.”

Philippians 2:10-11, “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

And they crucified Him…

“They gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall…”

crucified - staurao = an upright pointed stake that was used for the punishment of criminals - used to describe those who were hung up.

Flavius Josephus - “the most wretched of deaths”

Deuteronomy 21:22-23, “And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God)….”

Roman soldiers out of rage and hatred amused themselves by nailing their prisoners in different postures - Josephus

“I thirst” John 19:28

“And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” Philippians 2:8

“Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it…” John 19:23-24

“and sitting down they watched him there.” Matthew 27:36

“My soul, stand here and weep over his poor stricken body. Believer in Jesus, can you gaze upon him without tears, as he stands before you the mirror of agonizing love? He is at once fair as the lily for innocence, and red as the rose with the crimson of his own blood. As we feel the sure and blessed healing which his stripes have wrought in us, does not our heart melt at once with love and grief? If ever we have loved our Lord Jesus, surely we must feel that affection glowing now within our bosoms.” Charles Spurgeon.” Charles Spurgeon

1 Peter 1:18–19 (HCSB) For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

Hebrews 10:20 (HCSB) 20 by the new and living way He has opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

Isaiah 53:6, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned - every one - to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

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