In two days (April 18, 2025), it will be “Good Friday;” the day recognized by all of Christianity as the day that Jesus was crucified. Being raised in the Church, I have heard about “The Crucifixion.” By any account, it is one of the most cruel capital punishments ever devised by humanity. The suffering that Jesus endured on the cross (on our behalf) would have been horrible enough, but what He suffered in the hours leading up to the Crucifixion was really unfathomable. The Cruelty devised by human beings at the inspiration of the being known as Satan is beyond what I can even begin to describe.
However, the one part of it I never understood was the last thing that happened to Jesus while on the cross. The Apostle John states:
"But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.” |