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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]].

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]].

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]

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]

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]

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]].

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]].

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]

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]].

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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[[Category:Paper 187 - The Crucifixion]]

[[Category:Paper 187 - The Crucifixion]]