![]() Heavenly Father, all Scripture is given by inspiration and is profitable, so we pray that You would profit us by Your Word this day. Well let's pray before we hear God's Word. But he not only tells us what Jesus is doing on the cross from His own words, he confirms that even through the ironic words of mocking of His enemies. And interestingly, he does it through the mocking words of His enemies, both the religious leaders of the Jewish people and the soldiers who were involved in crucifying Him.Īnd third, Luke draws our attention to what Jesus was doing for us on the cross, and he does this both through Jesus’ word, and in this passage the first of Jesus’ seven words from the cross are recorded. Secondly, in this passage Luke draws our attention to the person of Christ - who He claims to be. At least twice Luke takes us back to passages in the Old Testament that Jesus fulfilled in this event. Be on the lookout for that in this passage. He doesn't focus you on the specifics of His physical suffering but he does focus you on Jesus’ fulfillment of Scripture. The first thing that you’ll see in this passage is he draws our attention to Jesus’ fulfillment of Scripture. Isn't it interesting? Our Savior, undergoing not only this humiliation but this physical torment and pain, and Luke describes it in three words - “They crucified Him” - but he does draw our attention to other things and I want you to be on the lookout for them. We've unearthed skeletal remains of people who had been crucified and we can deduce some of the horrific physical experiences that they would have endured on the cross, but Luke doesn't draw our attention to that. ![]() As we do, this brief section describes the beginning of the crucifixion itself, and it's very interesting that as to the details of what Jesus underwent physically on the cross, Luke tells us this in three words in the original and in the translation - “They crucified Him.” Now we know something of the physical torment that people went through who were crucified. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 23 as we continue to work our way through Luke's gospel.
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