What did Jesus mean when He said we have to carry a cross?
But Jesus meant something far deeper than this when He told His disciples to carry their cross. He said to them, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23). In Jesus’ day, a cross wasn’t just a symbol of pain and suffering; it was mainly a symbol of death.
Jesus and the Cross - Biblical Archaeology Society
2024年1月25日 · Furthermore, some Christians continued to mark their forehead with the image of the cross in the second and third centuries as an identity marker (e.g., Revelation 7:2–3; cf. Tertullian, On Crowns 3). 12 Moreover, some scholars argue that the depiction of figures with outstretched arms in early Christian artwork may be the archetype ...
Ancient Crucifixion Images - Biblical Archaeology Society
2024年3月14日 · The book The Non-Christian Cross, by John Denham Parsons, states: “There is not a single sentence in any of the numerous writings forming the New Testament, which, in the original Greek, bears even indirect evidence to the effect that the stauros used in the case of Jesus was other than an ordinary stauros; much less to the effect that it ...
Roman Crucifixion Methods Reveal the History of Crucifixion
2024年8月17日 · What do these bones tell us about the history of crucifixion? The excavator of the crucified man, Vassilios Tzaferis, followed the analysis of Nico Haas of Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem suggesting Roman crucifixion methods: a contorted position: arms nailed to the crossbeam; legs bent, twisted to one side, and held in place by a …
Did God really forsake Jesus when He was dying on the cross?
Physical death is the separation of the spirit from the body. Spiritual death is the separation of the spirit from God. Since Jesus was dying for our sin as our substitute, He was experiencing the agony of separation from His Father. It was the agony of hell. There is an unfathomable mystery here. Jesus was both God and man united in one divine ...
The Binding or Sacrifice of Isaac - Biblical Archaeology Society
2024年9月14日 · Isaac was his father’s beloved son. Isaac carried the wood for his own sacrifice (Genesis 22:6), just as Christ carried his own cross. The journey to Moriah took three days, parallel to the three days Jesus spent in the tomb before his resurrection. And of course Jesus did Isaac one better: Isaac was not sacrificed; Jesus was.
Will Graham Devotion: How the Cross Met Our 4 Greatest Needs
Jesus’ chastisement on the cross enables us to have peace with Him, because Jesus paid the debt and satisfied God’s wrath. 4. Healing. Due to our own actions, we allow sin to come into our bodies and start to bring about death. This is spiritual death, and because it is spiritual, we need a divine cure: Jesus.
A Tomb in Jerusalem Reveals the History of Crucifixion and Roman ...
2024年8月6日 · Both Erenaeus and Justin Martyr describe the cross of Jesus as having five extremities rather than four; the fifth was probably the sedile. To increase the victim’s suffering, the sedile was pointed, thus inflicting horrible pain. The second device added to the cross was the suppedaneum, or foot support.
Billy Graham's Writings on the Cross
2022年2月17日 · For more than six decades after that, Billy Graham kept the cross at the center of his message to millions around the world. He was convinced it was the one truth that could change people’s hearts and lives. Now, his writings about the cross have been compiled in a new book called What Happened at the Cross: The Price of Victory.
Why Did Jesus Have to Die? - Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
2021年3月30日 · Through the agonizing pain, Jesus never fought back. He didn’t protest. His profound love for us kept Him on that cross and fueled Him to endure the horrors of his death. No Other Way. Seems like a raw deal for Jesus, right? Live a perfect life only to suffer and die in such a tortuous way. But the Son of God knew there was no other way.