Day 63 - Mark 15:21-32

21 As they came out of the city, they stopped an African man named Simon, a native of Libya. He was passing by, just coming in from the countryside with his two sons, Alexander and Rufus, and the soldiers forced him to carry the heavy crossbeam for Jesus. 22 They brought Jesus to the execution site called Golgotha, which means “Skull Hill.” 23 There they offered him a mild painkiller, a drink of wine mixed with gall, but he refused to drink it.

24 They nailed his hands and feet to the cross. The soldiers divided his clothing among themselves by rolling dice to see who would win them. 25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they finally crucified him. 26 Above his head they placed a sign with the inscription of the charge against him, which read, “This is the King of the Jews.”

27 Two criminals were also crucified with Jesus, one on each side of him. 28 This fulfilled the Scripture that says:

He was considered to be a criminal.

29 Those who passed by shook their heads and spitefully ridiculed him, saying, “Aha! You boasted that you could destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days. 30 Why don’t you save yourself now? Just come down from the cross!”

31 Even the ruling priests and the religious scholars joined in the mockery and kept laughing among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but he can’t even save himself! Israel’s king, is he? 32 Let the ‘Messiah,’ the ‘king of Israel,’ pull out the nails and come down from the cross right now. We’ll believe it when we see it!” Even the two criminals who were crucified with Jesus began to taunt him, hurling insults on him.



Tori's Comments:
What a worthy, beautiful, saviour we serve. Just reading these accounts puts me in awe of all that he endured to save us, that we might be called children of God!



Terrie's Comments:
There are so many prophecies that were fulfilled in just this one day it is almost unbelievable, yet that is what makes it believable and proves that Jesus is who He claimed to be when he walked on the earth with us.  So many little tiny details that were talked about happened just the way God predicted that they would through the prophets of the Old Testament.







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