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Book: John
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John 19:16
I. "Then delivered He therefore unto them to be crucified."
A. It is plainly declared that Pilate delivered Jesus to the Jews
to be crucified.
1. In the later part of the verse it declares, "And they
took Jesus and led Him away." Notice He was not driven
or dragged away. They led Him away, and thus the
prophecy was fulfilled which declared, "He was brought
as a sheep to the slaughter."
a. The they of the second part is the Jews of the
first part.
b. When in the prophecy of Zechariah when Jesus
is asked by the Jews, "What are the meaning of
these wounds in Your hands?" His response is,
"These are the wounds that I received in the
house of My friends."
2. On the day of pentecost when Peter was speaking to the
Jews that had gathered to observe the supernatural
phenomena that had accompanied the outpouring of the
Spirit, Peter addressed them as men of Israel, and he
declared concerning the crucifixion of Jesus, "You have
taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain."
3. In chapter Acts 3 he declared to them, "God has
glorified His Son Jesus: whom you delivered up and
denied Him in the presence of Pilate when he was
determined to let Him go. And you killed the Prince of
life.
4. When Peter was addressing the counsel and Acts 4 he
said, "By the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom
You crucified,"
5. In Acts 5:30 Peter answered the Jews, "The God of our
fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew and hanged on a
tree.
6. In Acts 7:52 Stephen is very plain and straight. "Which
of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and
they have slain them which showed before of the coming
of the Just One; of whom you have been now the
betrayers and murderers."
B. There can be no doubt but that the Bible record places the
blame for the crucifixion squarely on the Jews of that day.
1. Since then the Jews have been seeking to place the
blame on Rome, and the Roman church has been seeking to
place the blame on the Jews.
2. Very unfortunately the church has been guilty many
times in history of persecuting the Jews for their
crucifixion of Jesus.
a. There is to the present day much anti-semitism
in the church some who even seek to identify
with the evangelical movement.
b. I do not see how any true Christian can be
anti-semitic, for our Lord Himself was a Jew by
nationality.
C. The argument of who crucified Jesus is actually a mute point,
for in reality it was the Father who planed His crucifixion.
1. Peter said, "According to the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge you have with your wicked hands have
crucified and slain."
2. Rev. 13:8 speaks of the Lamb, slain from the foundation
of the earth.
3. Jesus in asking for the cup to be passed by Him, said,
"Nevertheless, not My will, but Thy will be done."
D. The death of Jesus was necessitated by my sin.
1. Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures.
2. In Romans 4:25 Paul speaks of Him be delivered for our
offenses.
3. In Gal. 1:4 "Who gave Himself for our sins."
E. The actual mechanics of the crucifixion was carried out by the
Roman soldiers, who were acting under the direction of the Jews
who had been given that authority by Pilate the Roman governor.
II. "And He bearing His cross went forth into a place called the place of
a scull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha:"
A. We are told in the other gospels that they compelled a man by
the name of Simon to bear the cross of Jesus.
1. Just how far Jesus had gone before this help was given,
we have no idea of knowing.
2. The Catholics have a tradition of Jesus falling under
the burden of the cross, and they even have a spot on
the via Delorosa in Jerusalem, one of the seven
stations of the cross where He supposedly fell. No
mention in the gospels of this happening.
B. The place of the scull, what a fitting place for crucifixion.
1. The scull has been a symbol of death.
2. Jesus is to be put to death at a spot already known as
the place of the scull.
3. Various attempts have been made to pinpoint the very
spot.
a. We know that it was known as the place of the
scull.
b. We know that it was outside of the gates of
the city.
c. We know that it was near a garden.
4. In Jerusalem the place known as the Garden Tomb seems
to fulfill all of these requirements. The side of the
hill has the appearance of a scull. There was a garden
nearby, and it is outside of the walls of the old city.
5. It also happens to be at the top of the mountain known
as Mt. Moriah, upon which Abraham was once called of
God to offer his son Issac as a sacrifice.
C. Pilate delivered Jesus unto them, and they led Him away, and He
bore His cross.
III. "Where they crucified Him, and two others with Him."
A. How we see prophecy being fulfilled.
1. "They pierced My hands and My feet." This of course was
done as He was nailed to the cross.
2. "He was numbered with the transgressors." Isa. 53:12
3. "He would be with the wicked in His death."
B. What do we know about these other two?
1. That at the beginning of the who crucifixion, they were
both taunting Jesus.
2. That as they were hanging by His side, one became
repentant and asked to be remembered by Jesus when He
came into His kingdom.
3. That one of them is with Jesus in glory.
4. That they by their own admission deserved to die.
5. Matthew and Mark both call them thieves, Luke calls
them malefactors.
6. We know that they were on either side of Jesus and He
was in the middle.
7. We know that God designed that they be there. Why?
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