Matthew 27:48, 50 Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink… 50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.       In Psalms 22 and 69 (circa 1000 BC), David penned the prophetic words that Jesus would fulfill on the cross. He cried out to God, saying, “My strength is dried up like a potsherd,...  Read More

Matthew 27:45-49  Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” 47 And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, began saying, “This man is calling for Elijah.” 48 Immediately one of them ran, and taki...  Read More

Luke 23:42-43 And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!” 43 And [Jesus] said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”It is known from all the Gospels that two other men, condemned criminals, were crucified alongside Jesus, one on His left side and one on His right (Matt. 27:38; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:32; John 19:18). In the Synoptics, these men...  Read More

Matthew 27:38-44 At that time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. 39 And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and...  Read More

Matthew 27:32-37 As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross. 33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, 34 they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink. 35 And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by castin...  Read More

Matthew 27:27-31 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him. 28 They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 They spat on Him, and took th...  Read More

John 19:14 Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And [Pilate] said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”       Jesus’ trial before Pilate occurred on “the day of preparation for the Passover.” For the Jews this meant ridding the home of all leaven, ceasing from all labor, and getting the lamb prepared to be slaughtered by the priest. Now in the Synoptics, Jes...  Read More

Daniel 9:26 “Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.            In v. 25 Daniel’s prophecy said that there would be a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. Daniel wrote the pro...  Read More

Mark 11:15-19 Then they came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves; 16 and He would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple. 17 And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a...  Read More

Mark 11:7-11 They brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it; and He sat on it. 8 And many spread their coats in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields. 9 Those who went in front and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; 10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest...  Read More

Matthew 21:1-5 When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me. 3 “If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send the...  Read More

Daniel 9:25 “So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.”In this passage the angel Gabriel is speaking to Daniel in the year 539 BC. God, through Gabriel, foretold the very day that Mark 11:1 speaks of,...  Read More