by Rusty Freeman | Feb 13, 2022 | Blog
“One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what...
by Rusty Freeman | Feb 12, 2022 | Blog
“The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” 36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, “If...
by Rusty Freeman | Feb 10, 2022 | Blog
”Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus...
by Rusty Freeman | Feb 8, 2022 | Blog
“As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.” Luke 23.26 Simon from Cyrene is depicted in some shows about Christ as a large, dark skinned man...
by Rusty Freeman | Feb 4, 2022 | Blog
“Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people,14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him.15 Neither has...
