Luke 24:45-46 Then
opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.
And said unto them, thus it is written, and thus
it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from
the dead the third day.
- Matthew 16:21 From
that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must
go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things
of the elders and chief priests and scribes,
and be killed,
and be raised again the third day.
- Mark 8:31
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must
suffer many things, and be rejected of the
elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and
be killed, and after three days rise again.
- Luke 9:22
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things,
and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and
be slain, and be raised the third day.
- Luke 17:25
But first must he suffer many things,
and be rejected of this generation.
After Jesus Christ was raised from the dead
he appeared to two men on the road to Emmaus and "expounded unto
them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself." The
Scripture in Isaiah foretold of the suffering that Jesus Christ was to endure:
Isaiah 52:14
As many were astonied at thee; his visage
was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men.
Isaiah 53:3-10
He is despised and rejected of men;
a man of sorrows,
and acquainted with grief:
and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed
him not.
Surely he hath
borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows: yet we
did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded
for our transgressions, he was bruised
for our iniquities: the chastisement
of our peace was upon him; and with
his stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
turned every one to his own way; and the LORD
hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet
he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and
as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
He was taken from prison and from judgment:
and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut
off out of the land of the living: for
the transgression of my people was he stricken.
And he made his
grave with the wicked, and with the rich in
his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit
in his mouth.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him
to grief:
when thou shalt make his soul an offering
for sin, he shall see his seed, he
shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper
in his hand.
Christ's final days leading up to the crucifixion:
He was arrested in the garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives
at night: (Matthew 26:47-56, Mark 14:43-52, Luke 22:47-53, John
18:2-12)
He appeared before the high priest Annas later that night. One of the Temple guards "struck Jesus with
the palm of his hand."(John 18:13-23)
He appeared before the high priest Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin (the
ruling 70) in a "night trial". During this "trial" they spit in his face and
smote him with the palms of their hands. They
blindfolded him and beat him on the face asking him to prophesy who smote
him: (Matthew 26:57-75, Mark 14:53-72, Luke 22:54-65, John 18:24-27)
He appeared a second time before the ruling 70 (Sanhedrin council)
around daybreak for a "morning trial" the following day: (Matthew 27:1,
Mark 15:1, Luke 22:66-71)
After daybreak he appeared before the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate.
(Matthew 27:2, Mark 15:1, Luke 23:1-6,
John 18:28-38)
He appeared before the Roman ruler of Galilee, Herod Antipas, also that morning. Herod took off his clothing and dressed him in a bright ornate
robe to mock his claim of kingship.: (Luke 23:7-12)
He appeared again before Pontius Pilate later.
During this trial, Pilate tried to release him by appealing to the Judeans
present three times. Pilate had him scourged- with a
whip that had pieces of metal or bone in the end and he had the soldiers
place a crown of thorns on his head and again smote him with rods. They
put a second purple "royal looking" robe on him and mocked him:(Matthew
27:11-25, Mark 15:2-14, Luke 23:13-23, John 18:39-19:15)
He was finally sentenced by Pontius Pilate around noon (John 19:14)
that day.(Matthew 27:26, Mark 15:15, Luke 23:24-25, John 19:16)
Finally, he was tortured and mocked by a whole band ["cohort"=four
to six hundred] Roman soldiers from around noon until he was
led to be crucified. This torture included repeated
beatings with a stick, braiding a second crown of thorns which they placed
on his head and then beat into his head with a reed, ripping off his blood
soaked clothing and replacing it for the third and then a fourth time with
a Roman military cloak and then finally with his own original clothing,
and mocking his claim of kingship: (Matthew 27:26-31, Mark 15:15-20)
He was led to be crucified the next morning: ( Matthew 27:32-34,
Mark 15:20-23, Luke 23:26-32, John 19:16-17)
He hung crucified on the tree from approximately 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the afternoon. (Matthew 27:35-49, Mark 15:24-36,
Luke 23:33-46, John 19:18-30)
He died about 3 p.m. : (Matthew 27:50-54, Mark 15:37-39,
Luke 23:45-48, John 19:30-37)
From his arrest until his death he was utterly humiliated, illegally "tried," savagely tortured, and relentlessly mocked.
