Who Crucified Jesus

When they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crcified Him. - Luke 23:33


When looking at Rembrandt's painting of The Tree Crosses, your attention is drawn first to the cross on which Jesus died. Then as you look at the crowd gathered around the foot of the cross, you are impressed by the various facial expression and actoins of the people involved in the awful crime of crucifying the Son of God. Finally, your eyes drift to the edge of te painting to catch sight of another figure, almost hidden in the shadows. Some art critics say this is a representation of Rembrandt himself, for he recognized that by this sins he helped nail Jesus to the cross.

Some has said, "It is a simple thing to say that Christ died for the sins of the world. It is quiet another thing to say that Christ died for my sins... It is a shocking thought that we can be as indifferent as Pilate, as scheming as Calaphas, as callous as the soldiers, as ruthless as Caiaphas, as cowardly as the disciples. It wasn't just what thedid - it was / who nailed Him to the tree. I crucified the Christ of God. I joined the mockery."

Place yourself in the shadows with Rembrandt. You too are standing there. But then recall what Jesus said as He hung on that cross, "Father, forgive them.'' Thank God, that includes you and me. - Henry G. Bosch


Behold the Savior of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that Him inclined
To bleed and die for thee! - Wesley

The cross of Christ reveals the love of God at its best and the sin of the wrld as its worst.

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Luke 23:33

When they came to the place that is called the Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. Jesus said, ''Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."

Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots. The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar, and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

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