Six Hours One Friday: Jesus Speaks from The Cross
The last week of Jesus life is fascinating and the most important Holy Week in history as Jesus is preparing His disciples for His departure, His crucifixion and His Resurrection. We call it “Passion Week” as Jesus the Paschal Lamb willingly goes through the torturous agony of the cross and the separation from the Father on our behalf as the atoning sacrifice for our sins!
Mark 10: 32-34
32. They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him, 33. saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will hand Him over to the Gentiles. 34. "They will mock Him and spit on Him, and scourge Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise again."
The Largest Percentage of the Gospels are devoted to the Last Week of Jesus’ Life!
Gospel of Mark chapters 11-16 38 %
Gospel of Matthew chapters 21-28 29%
Gospel of Luke chapters 19-24 25%
Gospel of John chapters 12-21 48%
Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53 gives the prophetic scriptural background for the Crucifixion and the statements made on the cross.
JESUS On THE CROSS made 7 Last Statements from 9am to 3pm on a Good Friday.
