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187:0.2 The two [[thieves]] [[crucified]] with [[Jesus]] were [[associates]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barabbas Barabbas] and would later have been put to [[death]] with their [[leader]] if he had not been released as the [[Passover]] [[pardon]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate]. [[Jesus]] was thus [[crucified]] in the place of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barabbas Barabbas].

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187:0.3 What [[Jesus]] is now about to do, submit to [[death]] on the [[cross]], he does of his own [[free will]]. In [[foretelling]] this [[experience]], he said: " [[The Father]] [[loves]] and sustains me because I am willing to lay down my life. But I will take it up again. No one takes my life away from me—I lay it down of myself. I have [[authority]] to lay it down, and I have [[authority]] to take it up. I have [[received]] such a commandment from [[the Father|my Father]]. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_10]

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187:0.3 What [[Jesus]] is now about to do, submit to [[death]] on the [[cross]], he does of his own [[free will]]. In [[foretelling]] this [[experience]], he said: " [[The Father]] [[loves]] and sustains me because I am willing to lay down my life. But I will take it up again. No one takes my life away from me—I lay it down of myself. I have [[authority]] to lay it down, and I have [[authority]] to take it up. I have [[received]] such a commandment from [[the Father|my Father]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_10]

187:0.4 It was just before nine o'clock this [[morning]] when the [[soldiers]] led [[Jesus]] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorium praetorium] on the way to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha]. They were followed by many who [[secretly]] [[sympathized]] with [[Jesus]], but most of this [[group]] of two hundred or more were either his [[enemies]] or [[curious]] idlers who merely [[desired]] to enjoy the [[shock]] of [[witnessing]] the [[crucifixions]]. Only a few of the [[Jewish]] [[leaders]] went out to see [[Jesus]] die on the [[cross]]. Knowing that he had been turned over to the [[Roman]] [[soldiers]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate], and that he was [[condemned]] to die, they busied themselves with their [[meeting]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple], whereat they [[discussed]] what should be done with his [[followers]].

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187:1.1 Before leaving the [[courtyard]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorium praetorium], the [[soldiers]] placed the [[Cross|crossbeam]] on [[Jesus]]' shoulders. It was the [[custom]] to [[compel]] the [[condemned]] man to carry the crossbeam to the site of the [[crucifixion]]. Such a [[condemned]] man did not carry the whole cross, only this shorter timber. The longer and upright pieces of timber for the [[three]] [[crosses]] had already been [[transported]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha] and, by the time of the arrival of the [[soldiers]] and their [[prisoners]], had been firmly implanted in the [[Soil|ground]].

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187:1.2 According to [[custom]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion captain] led the [[procession]], carrying small white boards on which had been written with charcoal the [[names]] of the criminals and the nature of the [[crimes]] for which they had been [[condemned]]. For the [[two]] [[thieves]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion centurion] had notices which gave their [[names]], underneath which was [[written]] the one [[word]], " [[Brigand]]. " It was the [[custom]], after the [[victim]] had been nailed to the [[Cross|crossbeam]] and hoisted to his place on the upright timber, to nail this notice to the top of the [[cross]], just above the head of the criminal, that all [[witnesses]] might know for what [[crime]] the [[condemned]] man was being [[crucified]]. The [[legend]] which the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion centurion] carried to put on the [[cross]] of [[Jesus]] had been written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] himself in [[Latin]], [[Greek]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic Aramaic], and it read: " [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]]—the [[King]] of the [[Jews]]. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_19]

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187:1.2 According to [[custom]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion captain] led the [[procession]], carrying small white boards on which had been written with charcoal the [[names]] of the criminals and the nature of the [[crimes]] for which they had been [[condemned]]. For the [[two]] [[thieves]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion centurion] had notices which gave their [[names]], underneath which was [[written]] the one [[word]], " [[Brigand]]. " It was the [[custom]], after the [[victim]] had been nailed to the [[Cross|crossbeam]] and hoisted to his place on the upright timber, to nail this notice to the top of the [[cross]], just above the head of the criminal, that all [[witnesses]] might know for what [[crime]] the [[condemned]] man was being [[crucified]]. The [[legend]] which the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion centurion] carried to put on the [[cross]] of [[Jesus]] had been written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] himself in [[Latin]], [[Greek]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic Aramaic], and it read: " [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]]—the [[King]] of the [[Jews]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_19]

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187:1.3 Some of the [[Jewish]] [[authorities]] who were yet present when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] wrote this legend made vigorous [[protest]] against calling [[Jesus]] the " [[king]] of the [[Jews]]. " But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] reminded them that such an [[accusation]] was part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_(law) charge] which led to his [[condemnation]]. When the [[Jews]] saw they could not prevail upon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] to [[change]] his [[mind]], they [[Beggar|pleaded]] that at least it be [[modified]] to [[read]], " He said, `I am the [[king]] of the [[Jews]].' " But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] was [[Steadfast|adamant]]; he would not alter the [[writing]]. To all further supplication he only replied, " What I have [[written]], I have written. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_19]

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187:1.3 Some of the [[Jewish]] [[authorities]] who were yet present when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] wrote this legend made vigorous [[protest]] against calling [[Jesus]] the " [[king]] of the [[Jews]]. " But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] reminded them that such an [[accusation]] was part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_(law) charge] which led to his [[condemnation]]. When the [[Jews]] saw they could not prevail upon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] to [[change]] his [[mind]], they [[Beggar|pleaded]] that at least it be [[modified]] to [[read]], " He said, `I am the [[king]] of the [[Jews]].' " But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] was [[Steadfast|adamant]]; he would not alter the [[writing]]. To all further supplication he only replied, " What I have [[written]], I have written. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_19]

187:1.4 [[Ordinarily]], it was the [[custom]] to [[journey]] to Golgotha by the longest road in order that a large [[number]] of [[persons]] might view the [[condemned]] [[criminal]], but on this day they went by the most direct route to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_gate Damascus gate], which led out of the [[city]] to the north, and following this road, they soon arrived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha], the official [[crucifixion]] site of [[Jerusalem]]. Beyond [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha] were the villas of the [[wealthy]], and on the other side of the road were the [[tombs]] of many well-to-do [[Jews]].

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187:1.5 [[Crucifixion]] was not a [[Jewish]] mode of punishment. Both the [[Greeks]] and the [[Romans]] [[learned]] this [[method]] of [[execution]] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenicians]. Even [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod], with all his [[cruelty]], did not resort to [[crucifixion]]. The [[Romans]] never [[crucified]] a [[Roman]] [[citizen]]; only [[slaves]] and subject peoples were subjected to this dishonorable mode of [[death]]. During the [[siege]] of [[Jerusalem]], just forty years after the [[crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]], all of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha] was covered by thousands upon thousands of [[crosses]] upon which, from day to day, there perished the [[Acme|flower]] of the [[Jewish]] [[race]]. A terrible [[harvest]], indeed, of the [[seed]]-sowing of this day.

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187:1.6 As the [[death]] [[procession]] passed along the narrow streets of [[Jerusalem]], many of the tenderhearted [[Jewish]] [[women]] who had heard [[Jesus]]' [[words]] of [[good]] [[cheer]] and [[compassion]], and who knew of his life of [[loving]] [[ministry]], could not refrain from [[weeping]] when they saw him being led forth to such an ignoble [[death]]. As he passed by, many of these [[women]] bewailed and [[lamented]]. And when some of them even [[dared]] to follow along by his side, [[the Master]] turned his head toward them and said: " Daughters of [[Jerusalem]], weep not for me, but rather [[weep]] for yourselves and for your [[children]]. My work is about done—soon I go to [[the Father|my Father]]—but the times of terrible trouble for [[Jerusalem]] are just beginning. Behold, the days are coming in which you shall say: [[Blessed]] are the barren and those whose [[breasts]] have never suckled their young. In those days will you pray the rocks of the hills to fall on you in order that you may be [[delivered]] from the [[terrors]] of your troubles. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23]

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187:1.6 As the [[death]] [[procession]] passed along the narrow streets of [[Jerusalem]], many of the tenderhearted [[Jewish]] [[women]] who had heard [[Jesus]]' [[words]] of [[good]] [[cheer]] and [[compassion]], and who knew of his life of [[loving]] [[ministry]], could not refrain from [[weeping]] when they saw him being led forth to such an ignoble [[death]]. As he passed by, many of these [[women]] bewailed and [[lamented]]. And when some of them even [[dared]] to follow along by his side, [[the Master]] turned his head toward them and said: " Daughters of [[Jerusalem]], weep not for me, but rather [[weep]] for yourselves and for your [[children]]. My work is about done—soon I go to [[the Father|my Father]]—but the times of terrible trouble for [[Jerusalem]] are just beginning. Behold, the days are coming in which you shall say: [[Blessed]] are the barren and those whose [[breasts]] have never suckled their young. In those days will you pray the rocks of the hills to fall on you in order that you may be [[delivered]] from the [[terrors]] of your troubles. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23]

187:1.7 These [[women]] of [[Jerusalem]] were indeed [[courageous]] to [[manifest]] [[sympathy]] for [[Jesus]], for it was strictly against the [[law]] to show [[friendly]] [[feelings]] for one who was being led forth to [[crucifixion]]. It was [[permitted]] the [[Mob|rabble]] to jeer, [[mock]], and ridicule the [[condemned]], but it was not allowed that any [[sympathy]] should be [[expressed]]. Though [[Jesus]] [[appreciated]] the [[manifestation]] of [[sympathy]] in this [[dark]] hour when his [[friends]] were in [[hiding]], he did not want these kindhearted [[women]] to incur the displeasure of the [[authorities]] by [[daring]] to show [[compassion]] in his behalf. Even at such a time as this [[Jesus]] thought little about himself, only of the terrible days of [[tragedy]] ahead for [[Jerusalem]] and the whole [[Jewish]] [[nation]].

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187:1.8 As [[the Master]] trudged along on the way to the [[crucifixion]], he was very [[weary]]; he was nearly [[exhausted]]. He had had neither [[food]] nor [[water]] since the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_179 Last Supper] at the [[home]] of [[John Mark|Elijah Mark]]; neither had he been [[permitted]] to enjoy one [[moment]] of [[sleep]]. In addition, there had been one [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_(law) hearing] right after another up to the hour of his [[condemnation]], not to mention the [[abusive]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scourge scourgings] with their accompanying [[physical]] [[suffering]] and loss of [[blood]]. [[Superimposed]] upon all this was his [[extreme]] [[mental]] anguish, his acute [[spiritual]] [[tension]], and a terrible [[feeling]] of [[human]] [[loneliness]].

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187:1.8 As [[the Master]] trudged along on the way to the [[crucifixion]], he was very [[weary]]; he was nearly [[exhausted]]. He had had neither [[food]] nor [[water]] since the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_179 Last Supper] at the [[home]] of [[John Mark|Elijah Mark]]; neither had he been [[permitted]] to enjoy one [[moment]] of [[sleep]]. In addition, there had been one [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_(law) hearing] right after another up to the hour of his [[condemnation]], not to mention the [[abusive]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scourge scourgings] with their accompanying [[physical]] [[suffering]] and loss of [[blood]]. [[Superimposed]] upon all this was his [[extreme]] [[mental]] anguish, his acute [[spiritual]] [[tension]], and a terrible [[feeling]] of [[human]] [[loneliness]].

187:1.9 Shortly after passing through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_gate the gate] on the way out of the [[Jerusalem|city]], as [[Jesus]] staggered on bearing the crossbeam, his [[physical]] [[strength]] momentarily gave way, and he fell beneath the weight of his heavy burden. The [[soldiers]] shouted at him and kicked him, but he could not arise. When the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion captain] saw this, knowing what [[Jesus]] had already [[endured]], he commanded the [[soldiers]] to desist. Then he ordered a passerby, one Simon from Cyrene, to take the crossbeam from Jesus' shoulders and compelled him to carry it the rest of the way to Golgotha.

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187:1.10 This man Simon had come all the way from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya Cyrene], in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Africa northern Africa], to attend the [[Passover]]. He was stopping with other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene Cyrenians] just outside the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls_of_Jerusalem city walls] and was on his way to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] services in the [[city]] when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion Roman captain] commanded him to carry [[Jesus]]' [[Cross|crossbeam]]. Simon lingered all through the hours of [[the Master]]'s [[death]] on the cross, talking with many of his [[friends]] and with his [[enemies]]. After the [[resurrection]] and before leaving [[Jerusalem]], he became a [[valiant]] [[believer]] in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], and when he returned [[home]], he led his [[family]] into [[the heavenly kingdom]]. His two sons, Alexander and [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_130#130:6._THE_YOUNG_MAN_WHO_WAS_AFRAID Rufus], became very [[effective]] [[teachers]] of the new [[gospel]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Africa Africa]. But Simon never knew that [[Jesus]], whose burden he bore, and the [[Jewish]] [[tutor]] who once befriended his [[injured]] son, were the same [[person]].

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187:1.10 This man Simon had come all the way from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene,_Libya Cyrene], in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Africa northern Africa], to attend the [[Passover]]. He was stopping with other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene Cyrenians] just outside the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls_of_Jerusalem city walls] and was on his way to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] services in the [[city]] when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion Roman captain] commanded him to carry [[Jesus]]' [[Cross|crossbeam]]. Simon lingered all through the hours of [[the Master]]'s [[death]] on the cross, talking with many of his [[friends]] and with his [[enemies]]. After the [[resurrection]] and before leaving [[Jerusalem]], he became a [[valiant]] [[believer]] in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], and when he returned [[home]], he led his [[family]] into [[the heavenly kingdom]]. His two sons, Alexander and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_130#130:6._THE_YOUNG_MAN_WHO_WAS_AFRAID Rufus], became very [[effective]] [[teachers]] of the new [[gospel]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Africa Africa]. But Simon never knew that [[Jesus]], whose burden he bore, and the [[Jewish]] [[tutor]] who once befriended his [[injured]] son, were the same [[person]].

187:1.11 It was shortly after nine o'clock when this [[procession]] of [[death]] arrived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha], and the [[Roman]] [[soldiers]] set themselves about the task of nailing the two [[brigands]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] to their respective [[crosses]].

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==187:2. THE CRUCIFIXION==

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187:2.1 The [[soldiers]] first bound [[the Master]]'s arms with cords to the [[Cross|crossbeam]], and then they nailed his hands to the wood. When they had hoisted this crossbeam up on the post, and after they had nailed it securely to the upright timber of the cross, they bound and nailed his feet to the wood, using one long nail to penetrate both feet. The upright timber had a large peg, inserted at the proper height, which served as a sort of saddle for supporting the body weight.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion#Details] The cross was not high, [[the Master]]'s feet being only about three feet from the ground. He was therefore able to [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hear] all that was said of him in derision and could plainly [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Vision see] the [[expression]] on the [[faces]] of all those who so thoughtlessly [[mocked]] him. And also could those present easily [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hear] all that [[Jesus]] said during these hours of lingering [[torture]] and slow [[death]].

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187:2.1 The [[soldiers]] first bound [[the Master]]'s arms with cords to the [[Cross|crossbeam]], and then they nailed his hands to the wood. When they had hoisted this crossbeam up on the post, and after they had nailed it securely to the upright timber of the cross, they bound and nailed his feet to the wood, using one long nail to penetrate both feet. The upright timber had a large peg, inserted at the proper height, which served as a sort of saddle for supporting the body weight.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion#Details] The cross was not high, [[the Master]]'s feet being only about three feet from the ground. He was therefore able to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hear] all that was said of him in derision and could plainly [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Vision see] the [[expression]] on the [[faces]] of all those who so thoughtlessly [[mocked]] him. And also could those present easily [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hear] all that [[Jesus]] said during these hours of lingering [[torture]] and slow [[death]].

187:2.2 It was the [[custom]] to remove all [[clothes]] from those who were to be [[crucified]], but since the [[Jews]] greatly objected to the [[public]] [[exposure]] of the [[naked]] [[human]] [[Body|form]], the [[Romans]] always provided a suitable [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loincloth loin cloth] for all [[persons]] [[crucified]] at [[Jerusalem]]. Accordingly, after [[Jesus]]' [[clothes]] had been removed, he was thus garbed before he was put upon the [[cross]].

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187:2.3 [[Crucifixion]] was resorted to in order to provide a [[cruel]] and lingering [[punishment]], the [[victim]] sometimes not dying for several days. There was considerable [[sentiment]] against [[crucifixion]] in [[Jerusalem]], and there existed a [[society]] of [[Jewish]] [[women]] who always sent a [[representative]] to [[crucifixions]] for the [[purpose]] of offering [[Drugs|drugged]] wine to the [[victim]] in order to lessen his [[suffering]]. But when [[Jesus]] tasted this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotic narcotized] wine, as [[thirsty]] as he was, he refused to drink it. [[The Master]] chose to retain his [[human]] [[consciousness]] until the very end. He [[desired]] to meet [[death]], even in this [[cruel]] and inhuman form, and [[conquer]] it by [[voluntary]] submission to the full [[human]] [[experience]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_mark#Chapter_15]

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187:2.3 [[Crucifixion]] was resorted to in order to provide a [[cruel]] and lingering [[punishment]], the [[victim]] sometimes not dying for several days. There was considerable [[sentiment]] against [[crucifixion]] in [[Jerusalem]], and there existed a [[society]] of [[Jewish]] [[women]] who always sent a [[representative]] to [[crucifixions]] for the [[purpose]] of offering [[Drugs|drugged]] wine to the [[victim]] in order to lessen his [[suffering]]. But when [[Jesus]] tasted this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotic narcotized] wine, as [[thirsty]] as he was, he refused to drink it. [[The Master]] chose to retain his [[human]] [[consciousness]] until the very end. He [[desired]] to meet [[death]], even in this [[cruel]] and inhuman form, and [[conquer]] it by [[voluntary]] submission to the full [[human]] [[experience]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_mark#Chapter_15]

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187:2.4 Before [[Jesus]] was put on his [[cross]], the two [[brigands]] had already been placed on their [[crosses]], all the while [[cursing]] and [[spitting]] upon their executioners. [[Jesus]]' only [[words]], as they nailed him to the crossbeam, were, " Father, [[forgive]] them, for they [[know]] not what they do. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23] He could not have so [[mercifully]] and [[lovingly]] interceded for his [[executioners]] if such [[thoughts]] of [[affectionate]] [[devotion]] had not been the mainspring of all his life of [[unselfish]] [[service]]. The [[ideas]], [[motives]], and longings of a lifetime are openly [[revealed]] in a [[crisis]].

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187:2.4 Before [[Jesus]] was put on his [[cross]], the two [[brigands]] had already been placed on their [[crosses]], all the while [[cursing]] and [[spitting]] upon their executioners. [[Jesus]]' only [[words]], as they nailed him to the crossbeam, were, " Father, [[forgive]] them, for they [[know]] not what they do. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23] He could not have so [[mercifully]] and [[lovingly]] interceded for his [[executioners]] if such [[thoughts]] of [[affectionate]] [[devotion]] had not been the mainspring of all his life of [[unselfish]] [[service]]. The [[ideas]], [[motives]], and longings of a lifetime are openly [[revealed]] in a [[crisis]].

187:2.5 After [[the Master]] was hoisted on the [[cross]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion captain] nailed the title up above his head, and it [[read]] in [[three]] [[languages]], " [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]]—the [[King]] of the [[Jews]]. " The [[Jews]] were [[Rage|infuriated]] by this believed [[insult]]. But [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] was chafed by their disrespectful [[manner]]; he felt he had been [[intimidated]] and [[humiliated]], and he took this [[method]] of obtaining petty [[revenge]]. He could have written " [[Jesus]], a [[rebel]]. " But he well knew how these [[Jerusalem]] [[Jews]] detested the very [[name]] of [[Nazareth]], and he was [[determined]] thus to [[humiliate]] them. He knew that they would also be cut to the very quick by seeing this [[executed]] [[Galilean]] called " The [[King]] of the [[Jews]]. "

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==187:3. THOSE WHO SAW THE CRUCIFIXION==

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187:3.1 At about half past nine o'clock this Friday [[morning]], [[Jesus]] was hung upon the [[cross]]. Before eleven o'clock, upward of one thousand [[persons]] had assembled to [[witness]] this [[spectacle]] of the [[crucifixion]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. Throughout these dreadful hours the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 unseen hosts of a universe] stood in [[silence]] while they gazed upon this [[extraordinary]] [[phenomenon]] of the [[Creator Son|Creator]] as he was dying the [[death]] of the [[creature]], even the most ignoble death of a [[condemned]] [[criminal]].

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187:3.1 At about half past nine o'clock this Friday [[morning]], [[Jesus]] was hung upon the [[cross]]. Before eleven o'clock, upward of one thousand [[persons]] had assembled to [[witness]] this [[spectacle]] of the [[crucifixion]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. Throughout these dreadful hours the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 unseen hosts of a universe] stood in [[silence]] while they gazed upon this [[extraordinary]] [[phenomenon]] of the [[Creator Son|Creator]] as he was dying the [[death]] of the [[creature]], even the most ignoble death of a [[condemned]] [[criminal]].

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187:3.2 Standing near the [[cross]] at one time or another during the [[crucifixion]] were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary], Ruth, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude], [[John, the Apostle|John]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(disciple) Salome] (John's [[mother]]), and a [[group]] of [[earnest]] [[women]] [[believers]] including Mary the [[wife]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clopas Clopas] and [[sister]] of [[Jesus]]' [[mother]], [[Mary Magdalene]], and [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_127#127:5._REBECCA.2C_THE_DAUGHTER_OF_EZRA Rebecca], onetime of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris]. These and other [[friends]] of [[Jesus]] held their [[peace]] while they [[witnessed]] his great [[patience]] and [[fortitude]] and gazed upon his [[intense]] [[sufferings]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19]

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187:3.2 Standing near the [[cross]] at one time or another during the [[crucifixion]] were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary], Ruth, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude], [[John, the Apostle|John]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(disciple) Salome] (John's [[mother]]), and a [[group]] of [[earnest]] [[women]] [[believers]] including Mary the [[wife]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clopas Clopas] and [[sister]] of [[Jesus]]' [[mother]], [[Mary Magdalene]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_127#127:5._REBECCA.2C_THE_DAUGHTER_OF_EZRA Rebecca], onetime of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris]. These and other [[friends]] of [[Jesus]] held their [[peace]] while they [[witnessed]] his great [[patience]] and [[fortitude]] and gazed upon his [[intense]] [[sufferings]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19]

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187:3.3 Many who passed by wagged their heads and, railing at him, said: " You who would destroy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] and build it again in [[three]] days, save yourself. If you are the [[Creator Son|Son of God]], why do you not come down from your [[cross]]? " In like [[manner]] some of the rulers of the [[Jews]] [[mocked]] him, saying, " He saved others, but himself he cannot save. " Others said, " If you are the [[king]] of the [[Jews]], come down from the [[cross]], and we will believe in you. " And later on they [[mocked]] him the more, saying: " He [[trusted]] in [[God]] to deliver him. He even claimed to be the [[Creator Son|Son of God]]—look at him now—[[crucified]] between two [[thieves]]. " Even the two thieves also railed at him and cast reproach upon him.[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23]

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187:3.3 Many who passed by wagged their heads and, railing at him, said: " You who would destroy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] and build it again in [[three]] days, save yourself. If you are the [[Creator Son|Son of God]], why do you not come down from your [[cross]]? " In like [[manner]] some of the rulers of the [[Jews]] [[mocked]] him, saying, " He saved others, but himself he cannot save. " Others said, " If you are the [[king]] of the [[Jews]], come down from the [[cross]], and we will believe in you. " And later on they [[mocked]] him the more, saying: " He [[trusted]] in [[God]] to deliver him. He even claimed to be the [[Creator Son|Son of God]]—look at him now—[[crucified]] between two [[thieves]]. " Even the two thieves also railed at him and cast reproach upon him.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23]

187:3.4 Inasmuch as [[Jesus]] would make no reply to their taunts, and since it was nearing noontime of this special [[preparation]] day, by half past eleven o'clock most of the jesting and jeering [[Mob|crowd]] had gone its way; less than fifty [[persons]] remained on the scene. The [[soldiers]] now [[prepared]] to eat lunch and drink their cheap, sour wine as they settled down for the long deathwatch. As they partook of their wine, they derisively offered a toast to [[Jesus]], saying, " Hail and [[good]] fortune! to the [[king]] of the [[Jews]]. " And they were astonished at [[the Master]]'s tolerant regard of their ridicule and [[Ridicule|mocking]].

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187:3.5 When [[Jesus]] saw them eat and drink, he looked down upon them and said, " I [[thirst]]. " When the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion captain] of the guard heard [[Jesus]] say, " I [[thirst]], " he took some of the wine from his bottle and, putting the saturated sponge stopper upon the end of a javelin, raised it to [[Jesus]] so that he could moisten his parched lips.[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23]

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187:3.5 When [[Jesus]] saw them eat and drink, he looked down upon them and said, " I [[thirst]]. " When the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion captain] of the guard heard [[Jesus]] say, " I [[thirst]], " he took some of the wine from his bottle and, putting the saturated sponge stopper upon the end of a javelin, raised it to [[Jesus]] so that he could moisten his parched lips.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23]

187:3.6 [[Jesus]] had [[purpose]]d to live without resort to his [[supernatural]] [[power]], and he likewise elected to die as an [[ordinary]] [[mortal]] upon the [[cross]]. He had lived as a man, and he would die as a man—[[doing the Father's will]].

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187:4.1 One of the [[brigands]] railed at [[Jesus]], saying, " If you are the [[Creator Son|Son of God]], why do you not save yourself and us? "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23] But when he had reproached [[Jesus]], the other [[thief]], who had many times heard [[the Master]] teach, said: " Do you have no [[fear]] even of [[God]]? Do you not see that we are [[suffering]] [[justly]] for our [[deeds]], but that this man suffers unjustly? Better that we should seek [[forgiveness]] for our [[sins]] and [[salvation]] for our [[souls]]. " When [[Jesus]] heard the [[thief]] say this, he turned his [[face]] toward him and smiled approvingly. When the malefactor saw the [[face]] of [[Jesus]] turned toward him, he mustered up his [[courage]], fanned the flickering [[flame]] of his [[faith]], and said, " Lord, remember me when you come into [[the Kingdom|your kingdom]]. " And then [[Jesus]] said, " Verily, verily, I say to you today, you shall sometime be with me in [[Paradise]]. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23]

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187:4.1 One of the [[brigands]] railed at [[Jesus]], saying, " If you are the [[Creator Son|Son of God]], why do you not save yourself and us? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23] But when he had reproached [[Jesus]], the other [[thief]], who had many times heard [[the Master]] teach, said: " Do you have no [[fear]] even of [[God]]? Do you not see that we are [[suffering]] [[justly]] for our [[deeds]], but that this man suffers unjustly? Better that we should seek [[forgiveness]] for our [[sins]] and [[salvation]] for our [[souls]]. " When [[Jesus]] heard the [[thief]] say this, he turned his [[face]] toward him and smiled approvingly. When the malefactor saw the [[face]] of [[Jesus]] turned toward him, he mustered up his [[courage]], fanned the flickering [[flame]] of his [[faith]], and said, " Lord, remember me when you come into [[the Kingdom|your kingdom]]. " And then [[Jesus]] said, " Verily, verily, I say to you today, you shall sometime be with me in [[Paradise]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23]

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187:4.2 [[The Master]] had time amidst the pangs of [[mortal]] [[death]] to [[listen]] to the [[faith]] [[confession]] of the [[believing]] [[brigand]]. When this [[thief]] reached out for [[salvation]], he found [[deliverance]]. Many times before this he had been constrained to [[believe]] in [[Jesus]], but only in these last hours of [[consciousness]] did he turn with a whole [[heart]] toward [[the Master]]'s teaching. When he saw the [[manner]] in which [[Jesus]] faced [[death]] upon the [[cross]], this [[thief]] could no longer [[resist]] the [[conviction]] that this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was indeed the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 Son of God].

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187:4.2 [[The Master]] had time amidst the pangs of [[mortal]] [[death]] to [[listen]] to the [[faith]] [[confession]] of the [[believing]] [[brigand]]. When this [[thief]] reached out for [[salvation]], he found [[deliverance]]. Many times before this he had been constrained to [[believe]] in [[Jesus]], but only in these last hours of [[consciousness]] did he turn with a whole [[heart]] toward [[the Master]]'s teaching. When he saw the [[manner]] in which [[Jesus]] faced [[death]] upon the [[cross]], this [[thief]] could no longer [[resist]] the [[conviction]] that this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was indeed the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 Son of God].

187:4.3 During this [[episode]] of the [[conversion]] and [[reception]] of the [[thief]] into [[the kingdom]] by [[Jesus]], the [[Apostle John]] was [[absent]], having gone into the [[city]] to bring his [[mother]] and her [[friends]] to the scene of the [[crucifixion]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke Luke] subsequently heard this [[story]] from the [[converted]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion Roman captain] of the guard.

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187:4.6 And if any other [[person]] among the [[Mob|jeering crowd]] had [[experienced]] the [[birth]] of [[faith]] within his [[soul]] and had [[appealed]] to the [[mercy]] of [[Jesus]], he would have been [[received]] with the same loving [[consideration]] that was displayed toward the believing [[brigand]].

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187:4.7 Just after the [[repentant]] [[thief]] heard [[the Master]]'s [[promise]] that they should sometime meet in [[Paradise]], [[John, the Apostle|John]] returned from the [[city]], bringing with him his [[mother]] and a company of almost a [[dozen]] [[women]] [[believers]]. [[John, the Apostle|John]] took up his position near [[Mother Mary|Mary]] the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]], [[supporting]] her. Her son [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude] stood on the [[other]] side. As Jesus looked down upon this scene, it was noontide, and he said to his mother, " Woman, behold your son! " And [[speaking]] to [[John, the Apostle|John]], he said, " My son, behold your [[mother]]! "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19] And then he addressed them both, saying, " I [[desire]] that you depart from this place. " And so [[John, the Apostle|John]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude] led [[Mother Mary|Mary]] away from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha]. [[John, the Apostle|John]] took the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]] to the place where he tarried in [[Jerusalem]] and then hastened back to the scene of the [[crucifixion]]. After the [[Passover]] [[Mother Mary|Mary]] returned to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida], where she lived at [[John, the Apostle|John]]'s [[home]] for the rest of her natural life. [[Mother Mary|Mary]] did not live quite one year after the [[death]] of [[Jesus]].

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187:4.7 Just after the [[repentant]] [[thief]] heard [[the Master]]'s [[promise]] that they should sometime meet in [[Paradise]], [[John, the Apostle|John]] returned from the [[city]], bringing with him his [[mother]] and a company of almost a [[dozen]] [[women]] [[believers]]. [[John, the Apostle|John]] took up his position near [[Mother Mary|Mary]] the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]], [[supporting]] her. Her son [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude] stood on the [[other]] side. As Jesus looked down upon this scene, it was noontide, and he said to his mother, " Woman, behold your son! " And [[speaking]] to [[John, the Apostle|John]], he said, " My son, behold your [[mother]]! "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19] And then he addressed them both, saying, " I [[desire]] that you depart from this place. " And so [[John, the Apostle|John]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude] led [[Mother Mary|Mary]] away from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha]. [[John, the Apostle|John]] took the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]] to the place where he tarried in [[Jerusalem]] and then hastened back to the scene of the [[crucifixion]]. After the [[Passover]] [[Mother Mary|Mary]] returned to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida], where she lived at [[John, the Apostle|John]]'s [[home]] for the rest of her natural life. [[Mother Mary|Mary]] did not live quite one year after the [[death]] of [[Jesus]].

187:4.8 After [[Mother Mary|Mary]] left, the other [[women]] withdrew for a short distance and remained in attendance upon [[Jesus]] until he expired on the [[cross]], and they were yet standing by when the [[body]] of [[the Master]] was taken down for [[burial]].

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187:5.1 Although it was early in the [[season]] for such a [[phenomenon]], shortly after twelve o'clock the [[sky]] [[darkened]] by reason of the fine sand in the [[air]]. The people of [[Jerusalem]] knew that this meant the coming of one of those hot-wind [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_storm sandstorms] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_desert Arabian desert]. Before one o'clock the [[sky]] was so [[dark]] the [[sun]] was hid, and the remainder of the crowd hastened back to the [[city]]. When [[the Master]] gave up his life shortly after this hour, less than thirty people were present, only the thirteen [[Roman]] [[soldiers]] and a group of about fifteen [[believers]]. These [[believers]] were all [[women]] except two, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude], [[Jesus]]' [[brother]], and [[John Zebedee]], who returned to the scene just before [[the Master]] expired.

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187:5.2 Shortly after one o'clock, amidst the increasing [[darkness]] of the fierce [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_storm sandstorm], [[Jesus]] began to [[fail]] in [[human]] [[consciousness]]. His last [[words]] of [[mercy]], [[forgiveness]], and [[admonition]] had been [[spoken]]. His last [[wish]]—concerning the care of his [[mother]]—had been [[expressed]]. During this hour of approaching [[death]] the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] of [[Jesus]] resorted to the [[repetition]] of many passages in the [[Hebrew]] [[scriptures]], particularly the [[Psalms]]. The last [[conscious]] [[thought]] of the [[human]] [[Jesus]] was concerned with the [[repetition]] in his [[mind]] of a portion of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Book of Psalms] now known as the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_20 twentieth], [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_21 twenty-first], and [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_22 twenty-second Psalms]. While his lips would often move, he was too weak to utter the [[words]] as these passages, which he so well knew by [[heart]], would pass through his [[mind]]. Only a few times did those standing by catch some utterance, such as, " I know the Lord will save his [[anointed]], "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_20] " Your hand shall find out all my [[enemies]], " [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_21] and " My [[God]], my God, why have you forsaken me? "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_22] [[Jesus]] did not for one [[moment]] entertain the slightest [[doubt]] that he had lived in [[accordance]] with [[the Father]]'s will; and he never [[doubted]] that he was now laying down his life in the [[flesh]] in [[accordance]] with [[the Father|his Father]]'s will. He did not [[feel]] that [[the Father]] had [[forsaken]] him; he was merely [[reciting]] in his vanishing [[consciousness]] many [[Scriptures]], among them this [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_22 twenty-second Psalm], which begins with " My [[God]], my God, why have you [[forsaken]] me? " And this happened to be one of the [[three]] passages which were [[spoken]] with sufficient [[Clarity|clearness]] to be heard by those standing by.

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187:5.2 Shortly after one o'clock, amidst the increasing [[darkness]] of the fierce [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_storm sandstorm], [[Jesus]] began to [[fail]] in [[human]] [[consciousness]]. His last [[words]] of [[mercy]], [[forgiveness]], and [[admonition]] had been [[spoken]]. His last [[wish]]—concerning the care of his [[mother]]—had been [[expressed]]. During this hour of approaching [[death]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] of [[Jesus]] resorted to the [[repetition]] of many passages in the [[Hebrew]] [[scriptures]], particularly the [[Psalms]]. The last [[conscious]] [[thought]] of the [[human]] [[Jesus]] was concerned with the [[repetition]] in his [[mind]] of a portion of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Book of Psalms] now known as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_20 twentieth], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_21 twenty-first], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_22 twenty-second Psalms]. While his lips would often move, he was too weak to utter the [[words]] as these passages, which he so well knew by [[heart]], would pass through his [[mind]]. Only a few times did those standing by catch some utterance, such as, " I know the Lord will save his [[anointed]], "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_20] " Your hand shall find out all my [[enemies]], " [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_21] and " My [[God]], my God, why have you forsaken me? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_22] [[Jesus]] did not for one [[moment]] entertain the slightest [[doubt]] that he had lived in [[accordance]] with [[the Father]]'s will; and he never [[doubted]] that he was now laying down his life in the [[flesh]] in [[accordance]] with [[the Father|his Father]]'s will. He did not [[feel]] that [[the Father]] had [[forsaken]] him; he was merely [[reciting]] in his vanishing [[consciousness]] many [[Scriptures]], among them this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_22 twenty-second Psalm], which begins with " My [[God]], my God, why have you [[forsaken]] me? " And this happened to be one of the [[three]] passages which were [[spoken]] with sufficient [[Clarity|clearness]] to be heard by those standing by.

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187:5.3 The last request which the [[mortal]] [[Jesus]] made of his fellows was about half past one o'clock when, a second time, he said, " I [[thirst]], "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19] and the same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion captain] of the guard again moistened his lips with the same sponge wet in the sour wine, in those days commonly called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegar#Wine vinegar].

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187:5.3 The last request which the [[mortal]] [[Jesus]] made of his fellows was about half past one o'clock when, a second time, he said, " I [[thirst]], "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19] and the same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion captain] of the guard again moistened his lips with the same sponge wet in the sour wine, in those days commonly called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegar#Wine vinegar].

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187:5.4 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_storm sandstorm] grew in [[intensity]] and the [[heavens]] increasingly [[darkened]]. Still the [[soldiers]] and the small [[group]] of [[believers]] stood by. The [[soldiers]] crouched near the [[cross]], huddled together to [[protect]] themselves from the cutting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand sand]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(disciple) mother] of [[John, the Apostle|John]] and others watched from a distance where they were somewhat [[sheltered]] by an overhanging rock. When [[the Master]] finally [[breathed]] his last, there were present at the foot of his [[cross]] [[John Zebedee]], his [[brother]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_brother_of_Jesus Jude], his sister Ruth, [[Mary Magdalene]], and [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_127#127:5._REBECCA.2C_THE_DAUGHTER_OF_EZRA Rebecca], onetime of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris].

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187:5.4 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_storm sandstorm] grew in [[intensity]] and the [[heavens]] increasingly [[darkened]]. Still the [[soldiers]] and the small [[group]] of [[believers]] stood by. The [[soldiers]] crouched near the [[cross]], huddled together to [[protect]] themselves from the cutting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand sand]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(disciple) mother] of [[John, the Apostle|John]] and others watched from a distance where they were somewhat [[sheltered]] by an overhanging rock. When [[the Master]] finally [[breathed]] his last, there were present at the foot of his [[cross]] [[John Zebedee]], his [[brother]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_brother_of_Jesus Jude], his sister Ruth, [[Mary Magdalene]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_127#127:5._REBECCA.2C_THE_DAUGHTER_OF_EZRA Rebecca], onetime of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris].

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187:5.5 It was just before three o'clock when [[Jesus]], with a loud [[voice]], cried out, " It is finished! [[Father]], into your hands I commend my [[spirit]]. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19] And when he had thus [[spoken]], he bowed his head and gave up the life [[struggle]]. When the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion Roman centurion] saw how [[Jesus]] died, he smote his [[breast]] and said: " This was indeed a [[righteous]] man; truly he must have been a [[Creator Son|Son of God]]. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_15] And from that hour he began to [[believe]] in [[Jesus]].

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187:5.5 It was just before three o'clock when [[Jesus]], with a loud [[voice]], cried out, " It is finished! [[Father]], into your hands I commend my [[spirit]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19] And when he had thus [[spoken]], he bowed his head and gave up the life [[struggle]]. When the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion Roman centurion] saw how [[Jesus]] died, he smote his [[breast]] and said: " This was indeed a [[righteous]] man; truly he must have been a [[Creator Son|Son of God]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_15] And from that hour he began to [[believe]] in [[Jesus]].

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187:5.6 [[Jesus]] died [[royally]]—as he had lived. He freely admitted his [[kingship]] and remained master of the situation throughout the [[tragic]] day. He went willingly to his ignominious [[death]], after he had provided for the [[safety]] of his chosen [[apostles]]. He [[wisely]] restrained [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s trouble-making [[violence]] and provided that [[John, the Apostle|John]] might be near him right up to the end of his [[mortal]] [[existence]]. He [[revealed]] his true [[nature]] to the [[murderous]] [[Sanhedrin]] and reminded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] of the [[source]] of his [[sovereign]] [[authority]] as a [[Creator Son|Son of God]]. He started out to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha] bearing his own [[Cross|crossbeam]] and finished up his [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 loving bestowal] by handing over his [[spirit]] of [[mortal]] acquirement to the [[Paradise Father]]. After such a life—and at such a [[death]]—[[the Master]] could truly say, " It is finished. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19]

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187:5.6 [[Jesus]] died [[royally]]—as he had lived. He freely admitted his [[kingship]] and remained master of the situation throughout the [[tragic]] day. He went willingly to his ignominious [[death]], after he had provided for the [[safety]] of his chosen [[apostles]]. He [[wisely]] restrained [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s trouble-making [[violence]] and provided that [[John, the Apostle|John]] might be near him right up to the end of his [[mortal]] [[existence]]. He [[revealed]] his true [[nature]] to the [[murderous]] [[Sanhedrin]] and reminded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] of the [[source]] of his [[sovereign]] [[authority]] as a [[Creator Son|Son of God]]. He started out to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha] bearing his own [[Cross|crossbeam]] and finished up his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 loving bestowal] by handing over his [[spirit]] of [[mortal]] acquirement to the [[Paradise Father]]. After such a life—and at such a [[death]]—[[the Master]] could truly say, " It is finished. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19]

187:5.7 Because this was the [[preparation]] day for both the [[Passover]] and the [[Sabbath]], the [[Jews]] did not want these [[bodies]] to be exposed on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha]. Therefore they went before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] asking that the legs of these three men be broken, that they be dispatched, so that they could be taken down from their [[crosses]] and cast into the [[criminal]] [[burial]] pits before [[Twilight|sundown]]. When [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] heard this request, he forthwith sent three [[soldiers]] to break the legs and dispatch [[Jesus]] and the two [[brigands]].

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187:5.8 When these [[soldiers]] arrived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha], they did accordingly to the [[two]] [[thieves]], but they found [[Jesus]] already [[dead]], much to their [[surprise]]. However, in order to make sure of his [[death]], one of the soldiers pierced his left side with his spear.[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19] Though it was common for the [[victims]] of [[crucifixion]] to linger alive upon the [[cross]] for even two or three days, the overwhelming [[emotional]] [[agony]] and the acute [[spiritual]] anguish of [[Jesus]] brought an end to his [[mortal]] life in the [[flesh]] in a little less than five and one-half hours.

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187:5.8 When these [[soldiers]] arrived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha], they did accordingly to the [[two]] [[thieves]], but they found [[Jesus]] already [[dead]], much to their [[surprise]]. However, in order to make sure of his [[death]], one of the soldiers pierced his left side with his spear.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_19] Though it was common for the [[victims]] of [[crucifixion]] to linger alive upon the [[cross]] for even two or three days, the overwhelming [[emotional]] [[agony]] and the acute [[spiritual]] anguish of [[Jesus]] brought an end to his [[mortal]] life in the [[flesh]] in a little less than five and one-half hours.

==187:6. AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION==

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187:6.1 In the midst of the [[darkness]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_storm sandstorm],[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23] about half past three o'clock, [[David Zebedee]] sent out the last of the [[messengers]] carrying the news of [[the Master]]'s [[death]]. The last of his runners he dispatched to the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha Martha] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany Mary] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany], where he supposed the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]] stopped with the rest of her [[family]].

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187:6.1 In the midst of the [[darkness]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_storm sandstorm],[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_23] about half past three o'clock, [[David Zebedee]] sent out the last of the [[messengers]] carrying the news of [[the Master]]'s [[death]]. The last of his runners he dispatched to the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha Martha] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany Mary] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany], where he supposed the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]] stopped with the rest of her [[family]].

187:6.2 After the [[death]] of [[the Master]], [[John, the Apostle|John]] sent the [[women]], in charge of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude], to the [[home]] of [[John Mark|Elijah Mark]], where they tarried over the [[Sabbath]] day. [[John, the Apostle|John]] himself, being well known by this time to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion Roman centurion], remained at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary Golgotha] until [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus] arrived on the scene with an order from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilate Pilate] authorizing them to take [[possession]] of the [[body]] of [[Jesus]].

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187:6.3 Thus ended a day of [[tragedy]] and [[sorrow]] for a [[Nebadon|vast universe]] whose myriads of [[intelligences]] had shuddered at the [[shocking]] [[spectacle]] of the [[crucifixion]] of the [[human]] [[incarnation]] of their [[Master Son|beloved Sovereign]]; they were stunned by this [[exhibition]] of [[mortal]] callousness and [[human]] [[perversity]].

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