THE
(SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS
(SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS
At the age of 33,
Jesus was condemned to the death penalty.
At the time crucifixion was the "worst" death.
Only the worst criminals condemned to be crucified.
Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus,
unlike other criminals condemned to death by
crucifixion Jesus was to be nailed to the
cross by His hands and feet.
Only the worst criminals condemned to be crucified.
Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus,
unlike other criminals condemned to death by
crucifixion Jesus was to be nailed to the
cross by His hands and feet.
Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.
The nails were driven into His wrist.
Not into His palms as is commonly portrayed.
There's a tendon in the wrist that extends to the
shoulder. The Roman guards knew that when
the nails were being hammered into the
wrist that tendon would tear and break,
wrist that tendon would tear and break,
forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to
support himself so that He could breath.
Both of His feet were nailed together.
Thus He was forced to support Himself on the
single nail that impaled His feet to the cross.
Jesus could not support himself with His legs
because of the pain so He was forced to alternate
between arching His back then using his legs
just to continue to breath.
Imagine
the struggle,
the pain,
the suffering,
the courage.
Jesus endured this
reality for over 3 hours.
Yes, over 3 hours!
reality for over 3 hours.
Yes, over 3 hours!
Can you imagine this kind of suffering?
A few minutes before He died,
Jesus stopped bleeding.
Jesus stopped bleeding.
He was simply pouring water
from his wounds.
From common images we see wounds
from his wounds.
From common images we see wounds
to His hands and feet and even the spear wound
to His side...
to His side...
But do we realize His wounds were actually made in his body.
A hammer driving large nails through the wrist,
the feet overlapped and an even large
nail hammered through the arches,
then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear.
But before the nails and the spear
Jesus was whipped and beaten.
The whipping was so severe that
it tore the flesh from His body.
The beating so horrific that His face
was torn and his beard ripped from His face.
The crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp.
Most men would not have survived this torture.
He had no more blood to bleed out,
only water poured from His wounds.
The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters
(just less than a gallon) of blood.
only water poured from His wounds.
The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters
(just less than a gallon) of blood.
Jesus poured all 3.5 liters of his blood,
He had three nails hammered into His
both hands and two legs together,
both hands and two legs together,
a crown of thorns on His head and,
beyond that,
a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His
chest..
chest..
All these without mentioning the humiliation
He passed after carrying His own cross
for almost 2 kilometers,
while the crowd spat in his face
and threw stones (the cross was almost 30 kg of weight,
only for its higher part, where His hands were
nailed).
only for its higher part, where His hands were
nailed).
Jesus had to endure this experience,
so that you can have free access to
God.
So that your sins could be "washed" away.
So that your sins could be "washed" away.
All of them, with no exception!
Don't ignore this situation.
JESUS
CHRIST DIED FOR YOU!
For you,
Don't ignore this situation.
JESUS
CHRIST DIED FOR YOU!
For you,
who now read this post.
Do not believe that He only died for others
(those who go to church or for pastors, bishops,
etc).
etc).
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