Matthew 27:27-50
Then the
governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole
garrison together against him.
They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in
his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying,
"Hail, King of the Jews!"
They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his
clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they
compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.
They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say,
"The place of a skull."
They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted
it, he would not drink.
When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them,
casting lots,
and they sat and watched him there.
They set up over his head the accusation against him written,
"THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand
and one on the left.
Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three
days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the
Pharisees, and the elders, said,
"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of
Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he
said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same
reproach.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the
ninth hour.
About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli,
Eli, lima sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me?"
Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man
is calling Elijah."
Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to
save him."
Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
Insight- Jesus was condemned, humiliated and persecuted despite him
being innocent. He was mocked by the chief priests and many others. Jesus,
going through tremendous physical pain and mental agony, cried out to the Father
asking why he had forsaken him. Though his persecutors did everything to kill
him, it was Jesus who decided when to give up his spirit to the Father and
thats what he did.
Question- Do you think that anyone could kill the author of life,
Jesus Christ? Think about it.
Prayer- Dear Father in heaven, I pray that you give me the strength to
keep my faith in you and Jesus Christ even when people mock and humiliate me.
In Jesus name. Amen.
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