Welcome to Season 3 of Love & Context. This season,
we're exploring the life of Jesus step -by -step
and uncovering what His story teaches us about
loving God and others. Here on Love & Context,
we're all about having real conversations about
how to live out that love in practical, everyday
ways, and understanding the Bible in its full
context. We're so glad you're here. Let's dive
into Season 3 of Love & Context. Welcome back
to the Love and Context podcast, live from my
deck. Yeah. This is the house that we moved.
We moved the entire house. We threw it on our
shoulders, and between the two of us, we walked
it over here. That's exactly how that works,
right? Yeah, yeah. It only took us a few hours.
It's actually super nice, though, because being
able to actually sit out here and not have rain
on my head, it's super nice. One of the things
about Alaska is we have pervasive weather. In
fact, if I turned the camera around for you,
you would actually see a little bit of snow on
my yard. And you would go, isn't it spring break?
Yes. Yes, it is. It is spring break, and spring
has truly broke? No, struck? What's the word
I'm looking for? It's just here. Struck. Yeah.
Yeah, it's not so great. But, yeah, so we're
here, and we are podcasting, and we're back at
Life of Jesus. Life of Jesus. Now, remember,
if you remember last time we were together, for
some of you, you're like, I literally just turned
over this episode from the last one. Last time
we were together, we were talking about the trial
of Jesus and ultimately how he was placing the
religious leaders and Herod and Pilate on trial
and putting out their things. And so we're actually
going to pick up and I'm going to read the text.
We're going to be in John, though we are going
to reference some things from some other books
and just kind of go through what's going on in
this book. So starting in John 19 says, then
Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. Not great.
The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns
and put it on his head. They clothed him with
a purple robe and went up. went up to him again
and again saying, Hail, King of the Jews, and
they slapped him in the face. Once more Pilate
came out and said to the Jews gathered here,
Look, I'm bringing him out to you to let you
know that I find no basis for a charge against
him. When Jesus came out wearing the crown of
thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them,
Here is the man. As soon as the chief priests
and their officials saw him, they shouted, Crucify,
crucify. But Pilate answered, You take him and
crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a
charge against him. Now, of course, we talked
about last time, they can't crucify him. Rome
has to do it. The Jewish leaders insisted. we
have a law and according to that law, he must
die because he claimed to be the son of God.
When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid.
He went back inside the palace. Where do you
come from? He asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him
no answer. Do you refuse to speak to me? Pilate
said, don't you realize I have the power, uh,
power either to free you or to crucify you. Jesus
answered, You have no power over me if it were
not given to you from above. Therefore, the one
who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater
sin. From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus
free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, If
you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar.
Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.
When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out
and sat him on the judge's seat at the place
where the... known as the stone pavement, which
in Aramaic is Gabbatha. It was the day of the
preparation of the Passover. It was about noon.
Here's your king. And they shouted, take him
away. Take him away. Crucify him. Shall I crucify
your king? Pilate asked. We have no king but
Caesar. That's not a great statement to roll
out your lips. The chief priest answered. Finally,
Pilate handed him over to be crucified. So the
soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own
cross, he went to the place of the skull, which
in Aramaic is Golgotha, which, by the way, Pastor
Nick and I have talked about is the most metal
name for a place ever, the place of the skull.
or we call it Calvary, right? There they crucified
him and with him two others, one on each side
and Jesus in the middle. Pilate had a notice
prepared and fastened to the cross. It read,
Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews. Many
of the Jews read the sign for the place where
Jesus was crucified was near the city. And the
sign was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.
The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate,
do not write the king of the Jews, but that this
man claimed to be the king of the Jews. Pilate
answers, what I have written, I have written.
when the soldiers crucified Jesus they took his
clothes dividing them into four shares one for
each of them And with the undergarment remaining,
this garment was seamless, woven in one piece
from top to bottom. Let's not tear it, they said
to one another. Let's decide by lot who gets
it. This happened that the scripture might be
fulfilled. It said, they divided my clothes among
them and cast lots for my garment. So this is
what the soldier did. Near the cross of Jesus
stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary,
the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When
Jesus saw his mother there and the disciple whom
he loved nearby, he said to her, woman, here
is your son and the disciple, here is your mother.
From that time on, The disciple took her into
his home. Later, knowing that everything had
now been finished, and so the scripture would
be fulfilled, Jesus said, I am thirsty. A jar
of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge
in it, put the sponge on a stalk of hyssop plant,
and lifted it to Jesus' lips. When he had received
the drink, Jesus said, It is finished. And with
that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Now it was the day of preparation, and the next
day was the special Sabbath. Because the Jewish
leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses
during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have
their legs broken, and the bodies taken down.
Therefore came to break and broke the legs of
the first man who had been crucified with Jesus.
And then those are the other, but when they came
to Jesus and found that he was already dead,
they did not break his legs. Instead, one of
the soldiers pierced Jesus side with a spear,
bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The
man who saw it has given testimony and his testimony
is true. He knows what he, that he tells the
truth and it testifies that you may also believe
these things happen so that the scripture would
be fulfilled. Not one of his bones were broken.
And as another scripture says, they will look
on the one that they have pierced. Later, Joseph
of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus.
Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly
because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate's
permission, he came and took away the body. He
was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who had
earlier visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought
a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about 75 pounds.
Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it
with the spices in strips of linen. This was
in accordance with Jewish burial customs. At
the place where Jesus was crucified, there was
a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which
no one had ever been laid. Because it was the
Jewish day of Passover, and since the tomb was
nearby, they laid Jesus there. So that's the
story. Now, obviously, if you go into the different
Gospels, they're going to have a little bit of
a different take on it. And before we continue
this, I have to point out that we're sitting
here. It's snowing. And it's literally snowing
on us. I mean, not on us, because obviously you
can see us. But it is snowing. Alaska is just
a weird place. Yeah. Right. What's really funny
is my wife is currently outside and she was doing
a burn pile of like brush and scrap wood. Oh,
she's probably like shouting up into the sky.
How dare you? How dare you? Probably the, you
guys can't tell, but we're nice and toasty because
this right here goes to a heater that's up here
and it's putting heat down on us. Yes. If you're
wondering, has been a spoiled boy, the answer
is yes. Ben is a spoiled, spoiled boy. So today
we're talking, we just want to kind of talk through
the story and talk about some things that were
going on in the different gospel accounts and
in the life of Jesus, or specifically here we're
talking about his death. Next week, and we're
actually, if you pay really close attention,
you're going to recognize we record these back
to back. Next week, we're actually going to talk
about what Jesus says from the cross and its
implication on Psalm 22. So if you want to get
ahead of us, go ahead and look up Psalm 22 before
we get there. But for right now, let's remind
people where we're at. It's Passover festival
and it's a special one, right? There's population
swells from about 50 ,000 to possibly around
200 ,000 during this time. Uh, conscious pilot
is in town to prevent riots because when you
get a bunch of people who've been enslaved and
then you talk about deliverance, oppressors tend
to get worried, you know? And, uh, and so they
are, um, pilot is in town and, um, Messianic
expectations are high. They're celebrating the
Exodus. The irony is that during this festival,
a man called the King of the Jews is actually
condemned, right? Now, we talked about this a
little bit with Pilate. He does, because his
wife came and she's like, hey, you shouldn't
have anything to do with this man. I had a dream
about it. It doesn't end well. Well, technically
it ends really well, but it's not going to end
well for Pilate. Um, but in this case, they're
having this conversation and like pilot is, he's
like, okay, I don't find any fault. Can I release
him? They're like, no, we want you. We want you
to bring judgment on him. Okay. Well, what if
I beat him first? No, we don't want that. What
if I put a crown of thorns on his head? What
if I mock him and spit on him? What if we release
Barabbas or Jesus, right? There's all these different
things. And he's like, eventually he's like,
and then they're like, well, but he claimed to
be God. And he goes, well, hold up. I got to
go have a conversation with Jesus about this.
Right. And he's like, who are you? don't you
recognize that I have power of life and death
over you? And Jesus is like, nah, bro, you don't
got that. You don't got that. I just, Jesus is
like so in control of this situation, which is
crazy because he's getting beat. Right. And it's
just like tons of control. Well, he's willingly
going through it all. Yeah. Right. Like it's
not a, he's not doing it because he's forced
to. Right. He's, he openly said like, Hey, all
I got to do is. Tell God the Father, I don't
want to do this. Yeah. And I won't have to do
it. Yeah. Right? He's willingly walking through
it in complete control the whole time. Yeah.
Yeah. It's a very different thing than like he's
just being taken and, you know, beat. It's like,
no, he's choosing to be there every step of the
way. Every time he gets hit, every nail that
is driven, he's choosing to be there. So scourging
is what they talk about the Romans. let me kind
of read you some of the descriptions of what
ends up happening so they they have this thing
it's called a flagrum it's a leather whip and
usually has pieces of bone or metal embedded
in it, and they fling it across the back of the
backs, and it's designed to tear flesh as it
pulls back. This is how they would do it. It's
often fatal on its own if you do a number of
lashes, but it's meant to weaken people before
crucifixion because the Romans are really good
at crucifying people and killing people. They
also know how to make sure it happens quickly,
right? So not great. Not great. If you ever watch
The Passion of the Christ, if anything, he might
undersell it in the movie. which is saying something.
And it's public humiliation, psychological terror.
It's meant to deter rebellion and terrorism inside
of their state. But then beyond that, just beyond
the physical beating, there's this royal parody
that's taking place with a purple robe and a
crown of thorns and hail king of the Jews, which
they're saying in mocking tones. And it's Rome
mocking, right? So then they walk to Golgotha.
Then they walk to Golgotha. Yeah. And so the
condemned, when they're crucified, they have
to carry their own cross, the cross beam. Actually,
I did look this up, and the word is pantabulum.
So if that's wrong, just sometimes Google does
me dirty. And note on the cross is we're often
like, okay, he carried his cross. No, he's carrying
hundreds of pounds. Yeah. These beams that they're
nailing them to are stout. They are heavy. They
are not easy to move. And what they're doing
is saying, hey, we're going to beat you with
an inch of your life and then make you move this.
I sneezed wrong the other day. I had to pick
up a box and it hurt. Yeah. And he's getting
literally the flesh ripped off of his back and
getting punched and kicked and all those different
things that are going on. And he's still walking
with a cross. Come on, dude. Yeah. Right? He's
walking through the public the streets and he's
walking is being made a public spectacle like
it's it's meant to be humiliating It's meant
to be public. It's meant for everybody to see
what's going on here One of the accounts is gonna
talk about Simon the siren is gonna be taken
halfway through because he just physically can't
carry it anymore Yeah, and that is also a very
common practice is that they take make them take
it until they literally can't do it anymore And
he's going to be forced to carry Jesus's cross.
It is interesting for whatever reason. Mark's
gospel notes, the names of his sons, probably
because they're known in the region that Mark
is distributing his gospel. Yeah. Right. Because
you'll also notice like in the, in when John
was talking about it, he says, Hey, the man who
saw Jesus's side gets stabbed. Then the blood
and water come out. He can testify. Like, you
know who he is. You can go and ask him, which
by the way, is one of these things about the
gospels is like, like, bro, this is written for
you to understand. Like, go ask him. He was there.
So he's forced to walk, and his sons are named,
and they're completely fine. Like, hey, go verify.
You know these guys. Go verify. They were there.
And they go to this place called Golgotha, which
we call Calvary today, Place of the Skull. So
they go here. It's outside the city walls. It's
near a public road because, once again, executions
are meant to be public. And it's typically crucifixion
is reserved for slaves, rebellions, non -citizens.
Rebels is a nice way of saying terrorists, people
who are literally opposing the regime. Yeah.
It's considered the most shameful death and it's
supposed to be designed for prolonged suffering.
Right. Typically, Roman did not crucify citizens
except in extreme treason cases. Yeah. Because
they wouldn't even crucify one of their own citizens.
That's why, by the way, Paul is beheaded is because
Paul is a Roman citizen, right? Cicero, the historian,
said it was the most cruel and disgusting penalty,
right? So physically what's going on in crucifixion
is that the nails are likely going through the
wrists. The Greek word can can mean hands, but
it can also mean wrists specifically like the
wrist joint here. So there's conversation about
does it actually mean the hands doesn't mean
the wrist. I'm not a person that does those things.
Most most historical accounts will say it's the
wrist. Yeah. Majority of them. Some will say
it's the hands. And it could be that it was done
both ways. It's entirely possible. The feet are
either nailed or tied. The body is then positioned.
And what actually kills you is not the blood
loss. It's not the hanging on the cross. It's
actually you can't breathe. And so you essentially
eventually asphyxiate. I can't say that word
correctly. And you end up passing because you
suffocate. Yeah. And so typically, like, what
they would do is they would drive one nail through
both feet. Yeah. And the feet would be nailed
together. And then when you wanted to breathe,
you actually had to push up on your feet. and
with excruciating pain because you have a nail
driven through them right yeah and so in order
to breathe you had to endure excruciating pain
and so there came a point where the people just
gave up right yeah it's not that they couldn't
push up but they were like they're like i'm not
doing it because it hurts too much i just give
up i'm just accepting my fate yeah yeah so there's
three groups of people that are really at present
uh in what's going on there's the soldiers the
Roman soldiers and they are either, uh, inflicting
the punishment. They're gambling for garments,
uh, or doing their job jobs or they're just indifferent
to what's going on. Yeah. This is same old, same
old. The religious leaders, they say things like
he saved others. He can't save himself. Right.
Um, It was pointed out, it's been pointed out
a lot of times that maybe they saw this as a
valid criticism of his ministry. Because in Deuteronomy
21, 23, it says, curse is anyone hung on a tree.
Little do they know that his curse is actually
going to be our blessing. Right. But then there's
the other ones that are his followers. Now, a
lot of the disciples fled. And before we give
them a hard time, Rome is scary. Yeah. Right.
But the women remain because it talks about Mary,
Mary Magdalene and other people that are there
with Jesus. And John's gospel says that Jesus
then entrusts his mother to the beloved disciple.
Right. The women are actually the last at the
cross and they're the first at the tomb. By the
way, if these accounts were not true and they
were trying to drag validity into this, those
are not the witnesses you would have chosen.
Yeah. Right. Because it's kind of like women
were not considered reliable witnesses. Now.
this has not been saying this. I just want to
be very careful. This has not been saying this.
This is antiquity saying this. And so women are
not considered a reliable witness, but they are
both to there at the death and there at the resurrection.
Right. And you have to take into it. You just
take into account what the culture was like that
day. Women were viewed closer to property than
they were to human beings. Yeah. Especially in
Roman culture. There was a Roman culture actually
put a little more value on women, but not, Not
much. It was it was the value that was mainly
put on women was for sexual pleasure and things
like that. Right. And and so. So you'll read
in these accounts, you'll even read in accounts
like of Jesus feeding the 5 ,000 and 4 ,000,
right? Where it was, where we'll say 4 ,000 men.
And then there's then in Mark's account and he
actually clarifies, he's like, and there are
women, there were women and children present
as well. Yeah. Right. So culturally that's just,
that was just the norm of, of how you talked
about it. Yeah. So there's, uh, while Jesus is
being crucified, he's not the only one. There's
two others that are being crucified. Um, and
in one account it says that they're both mocking
him. Yeah. And then one account, it says one's
mocking him. The other one turns over and says,
Hey, don't you realize he didn't do nothing?
Yeah. Like he's up here. He should not be up
here. Right. Um, I almost wonder like if those
accounts, like, you know, when you read them,
it's like he started out mocking and then he's
just watching Jesus there. Like just. be there
and he hears the words that are being preached
from the cross and he's like oh this dude shouldn't
be here i don't know you know that's a that's
a that's a ben thinking in his head thing yeah
yeah i think the two people on either side of
him has more to do with the I mean, the part
of the part that's recorded is the, Hey, you
are going to be in paradise today. Right. Remember
me is, is the, is the fact that it doesn't matter
where you're at in life. You can always say yes
to Jesus. Correct. Right. Yeah. Like that is
the beauty of that story. Yeah. Yeah. There's
a, I forget the, I forget the guy who does this,
but he does a good bit on it where, where he's,
where he's talking about the thief on the cross
who comes to see the apostles in heaven. And
they're like, oh, what good works did you do?
I didn't do nothing. I didn't do nothing. How'd
you get here? The guy on the cross next to me
said I could be here. Said I could be here. And
that's the beauty of it. He said I could come.
That's the beauty of it. Yeah. So from noon to
3 p .m., it says the darkness comes over the
land. By the way, you're going to catch huge
echoes into the Exodus plague. Yeah. Right. Apocalyptic
imagery of Daniel. Right. But then the temple
curtain is torn from top to bottom. Yep. But
if you remember from Torah, what is this curtain
in the temple? curtain that separates the holy
of holies where the most hype the high priest
goes in yeah from the rest of where everybody
else is yeah and we're not talking about you
know a curtain that blocks out your windows right
this thing was said to be inches thick yeah right
and it was um and it was made from stout fabrics
right it was this thing was meant to last and
not meant to be destroyed ripped torn at all
yeah i mean you don't want to accidentally walk
into the holy of holies Because that has bad
repercussions. Yeah. Right? So it's a pretty
intense curtain. And this thing just tears from
the top to the bottom, you know. And Roman centurion,
one of them, says, like, when the sky goes dark
and there's, like, all these things happening,
he's like, surely this man was the son of God.
Right? Of anything. By the way, a Roman person
saying the son of God and not talking about Caesar,
that guy's going to get in trouble. Right? A
Roman executioner is actually one making a theological
confession. And most of the conversation agrees
that Jesus dies around 3 p .m., right around
the hour when Passover lambs are going to be
slaughtered in the temple for the Passover dinner.
Now, why is this story really important for us,
and why is it such a powerful symbol? Well, one,
because death is being defeated here. A kingdom
is being enshrined, right? Jesus is being coronated
during this time. What it looks like is supposed
to be shame and curse and total defeat. Jesus
says is victory, is enthronement, it's salvation.
In a world where, in a Roman world, for example,
they say Caesar is Lord, but the cross actually
declares Jesus is Lord in a way that is so countercultural
that we have no real good way to understand it.
Yeah. I think sometimes we think the bad things
that happen to us are evidence that God isn't
with us. And I was like, I actually think that
when we're in the bad things and we have peace
and patience and kindness, like this world is
temporary. And how does Phil Wickham say it?
Friday's good because Sunday's coming, right?
Like in this world, if you have trouble and tribulation
and heartache and all these different things,
this is proving ground for heaven, right? For
heaven to come to earth, for eternity. We are
being formed into the people that God is going
to spend eternity with, right? And it's often
in the trouble. It's in the chaos. It's in the
mess that we actually see God doing incredible
things in our lives. Yeah. And you, when you're
looking at the story too, you see, you actually
see accounts of Jesus passing the torch, right?
Yeah. So John is there with his mom and he's
like, Hey, you're going to take care of her.
Like you're, you are now her son. You are, you
are responsible for her. You see Jesus doing
these things. And even even back up to, you know,
the Last Supper and Jesus getting arrested. Yeah.
He's telling the disciples like, hey. These are
things that are going to happen in the future.
Right. And this is going to be on you. Right.
Right. And, and so you see him passing the torch
saying like, you're ready to go. You're ready
to do this without me. Yeah. I mean, not quote
unquote without him, but like. Nope. It's too
late. We're branding that. We're sending it out.
You're doing it without Jesus. Yeah. You know
what I'm saying. But without him physically there.
Right. Yeah. Right. And so, and so then when
he goes through this, you see him in complete
control. You see him. you see him calm collected
knowing what's going to happen and you still
see him proclaiming who he is yeah right because
you do have accounts of him talking to pilot
and pilots like who are you and he's like i am
who i am yeah and you have accounts where and
you have accounts where where pilots like i can't
find any fault in this guy like he says he is
your king right and Well, I think that I think
because with the narrative, because we've been
positioning that Jesus is in control the entire
time. And I can hear somebody typing away. And
by the way, you need to tune into the next episode
because you say, well, what about when on the
cross? He says, my God, my God, why have you
forsaken me? Go read Psalm 22. We'll be there
next week. Jesus is in control of everything
that's happening. And he's walking through intentionally
to do everything to its completion so that when
he rises later, death, hell. Defeated. And even
the language he uses on the cross when he says
it is finished. Like the words that are actually
used there is not just him saying my life is
done. Right. It's him saying that I have fulfilled
everything I need. Yeah. I have fulfilled the
purpose of why I came to this earth. Yep. And
so him saying it is finished is him saying. I
have fulfilled the works of the prophets. I have
fulfilled the works of the law. I have fulfilled
Torah. Yep. I have become Torah made flesh and
Torah died on the cross for you. Right. And it's
going to be beyond just for you. It's going to
be for all nations. Yeah. Even those Romans who
put them up there. Right. Yep. I do think there
is a tendency and I'm always a little bit hesitant
when we're, when we're talking about the crucifixion
to approach it lightly. because it's a really
intense and serious story. And ironically, this
video will post pretty close to Easter. We did
not plan that, by the way. We did not plan that.
It just happened to be that that's how it happened.
And I would encourage you, when we were talking
about resurrection, which is what was going to
come up in a few weeks when we talk about the
resurrection. But when we talk about the crucifixion
and resurrection, like it's okay to sit there
and be somber and recognize the gravity of the
moment. Jesus literally sweat blood getting ready
for it. Right. But you have to recognize that
it wasn't like nobody did anything to him. He
walked through it intentionally. Yeah. Right.
He willingly placed himself in this position
so that all things could be made right. Yeah.
And that's, that's, I would say maybe the, the,
The other side of the thing that we talk about
with this story is in some ways we're also called
to do that. We are called to walk into chaos
and be willing to absorb things so that people
can see the light. Yeah. Now, caveat, that does
not mean you need to go get put up on a cross,
right? I'm just talking about when you're willing
to take the hit so that somebody else can see
light, that you're actually walking in the footsteps
of Jesus, that it's your control, you're stepping
in and intentionally. Yeah. And if you look at
when Jesus says, you know, pick up your cross
and follow me, like, look at the context of what
he's saying that he's putting that in the context
of how you live your life. Yeah. Right. Like,
are you living your life like Jesus has called
you to live your life or how Jesus has called
you to live your life? Yeah. Right. That is the
question that's being asked. Yeah. It's not a,
it's not a, hey, you got to make sure you. are
murdered for the gospel. You're right. Sorry,
I shouldn't laugh at that. But yeah, 100%. Right?
It's also not, like, unless God calls you to,
it's not sell everything and give it to the poor.
But you should care about the poor. And you should
be willing to do that if he does call you to
it, right? Correct. Right? But I actually had
a conversation with somebody a while ago where
we were talking about that very thing, and they're
like, well, God never said that it was bad for
me to have nice things. I was like, you're missing
the point. Right. If God comes to you and says,
hey, all this nice stuff you have, I want you
to sell it and move to middle of nowhere village
in Africa. Sorry, middle of nowhere village in
Africa. Yeah. He's talking about you. Yeah. Yeah.
So if he says do that, then guess what? We do
it. We do it. Yeah. Right? The point is that
if Jesus is you or you're walking in the steps
of Jesus, if Jesus was X, Y, Z. Mm -hmm. Well,
what does it look like for Jesus to do those
things? Right. And we step into those, um, including
that we're willing to step into death if it means
following Jesus. Yes. That's just not the first
choice. Right. Like even Jesus was like, listen,
if this cup can pass for me, but if it can't,
I'm willing to walk through it. Right. And, uh,
we, and we, we give our love to the, the people
who've died on behalf of the gospel over thousands
of years. Yeah. Right. they're, they're heroes
of the faith for a reason because they're, they're
willing to give literally everything. Yeah. Also,
you need to be willing to live for the gospel.
Yep. Not just die for it. Yep. Yeah. So that's
crucifixion. I'm not going to do a, do a lighthearted
exit because I think it's, it's worth, um, sitting
in it. It's worth sitting in the weight. Yeah.
Like feeling the weight of it. Yeah. Um, I think
we often just skim over it and being like, okay.
Jesus went to the cross, died for our sins, move
on. Right. But it's worth sitting in the weight
of how horrendous this was. Yeah. This is a somber
time. People are losing their rabbi, their teacher,
their Lord and savior. It's intense. Right. People
who have given up their lives to follow him are
now saying, is this, is this ending right now?
Yeah. Which actually segues really well into
what we're going to be talking about in our next
episode. Jesus actually preaches one more sermon
for his people before he goes. Yep. And we'll
talk about that next week. Yep. Till next time.
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