Crowds jeered. Executioners laughed. And during three black hours, hell literally came to earth. John MacArthur unpacks The Crucifixion Chronicle to show you how, in the darkness of Calvary, God’s glory pierced through. ..... Details. Precise observations that paint a picture. They’re the difference between simply reading a story and having a sense of being on the scene ... The Holy Spirit superintended Luke’s eye for detail to create an amazing, moment-by-moment chronicle of the turning point of history: the crucifixion of Jesus ... You’ll watch in stunned silence as the crucifiers treat Jesus’ execution as a comedy. You’ll hear the crowd’s merciless insults, and the Lord’s merciful intercession on their behalf. You’ll meet a wretch who found life on the hill of death—a conversion at Calvary. And in the disorienting blackness from noon to three, your eyes will be opened to a truth you may have never understood: on that day 2,000 years ago, hell came to Jerusalem! ... In it all, God was making forgiveness for sin and eternal life possible. Which makes The Crucifixion Chronicle good news indeed.
23:26 .. when they led him away .. they seized a man .. Simon of Cyrene .. coming in from the country .. .........and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus 23:27 .. and following him was a large crowd of the people .. and of women who were mourning and lamenting him 23:28 .. but Jesus turning to them said . . . daughters of Jerusalem .. stop weeping for me .. but weep for yourselves and for your children 23:29 .. for behold .. the days are coming when they will say . . . blessed are the barren .. and the wombs that never bore .. ......... and the breasts that never nursed 23:30 .. then they will begin to say to the mountains . . . fall on us .. and to the hills .. cover us 23:31 .. for if they do these things when the tree is green .. what will happen when it is dry 23:32 .. two others also .. who were criminals .. were being led away to be put to death with him
23:33 .. when they came to the place called the Skull .. there they crucified him and the criminals . . . one on the right and the other on the left 23:34 .. but Jesus was saying . . . father .. forgive them . . . for they do not know what they are doing .. and they cast lots .. ......... dividing up his garments among themselves 23:35 .. and the people stood by .. looking on .. and even the rulers were sneering at him .. saying . . . he saved others .. ......... let him save himself if this is the Christ of God .. his chosen one 23:36 .. the soldiers also mocked him .. coming up to him .. offering him sour wine 23:37 .. and saying . . . If you are the King of the Jews .. save yourself 23:38 .. now there was also an inscription above him . . . THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS 23:39 .. one of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at him .. saying . . . are you not the Christ .. save yourself and us
23:40 .. but the other answered .. and rebuking him said . . . do you not even fear God .. since you are under the same sentence of condemnation 23:41 .. and we indeed are suffering justly .. for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds . . . but this man has done nothing wrong 23:42 .. and he was saying . . . Jesus .. remember me when you come in your kingdom 23:43 .. and he said to him . . . truly I say to you .. today you shall be with me in Paradise
23:44 .. It was now about the sixth hour .. and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour 23:45 .. because the sun was obscured .. and the veil of the temple was torn in two 23:46 .. and Jesus .. crying out with a loud voice .. said . . . Father .. into your hands I commit my spirit . . . having said this .. he breathed his last
23:47 .. now when the centurion saw what had happened .. he began praising God .. saying . . . certainly this man was innocent 23:48 .. and all the crowds who came together for this spectacle .. when they observed what had happened .. began to return .. beating their breasts 23:49 .. and all his acquaintances and the women who accompanied him from Galilee were standing at a distance .. seeing these things