“At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.”
Matthew 27:45 NLT
“It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.”
Mark 15:25 NLT
6 hours he was on the cross before he died from 9am till 3pm. The pain he endured on that cross was unimaginable, his feet and hands was pierced into the cross with nails, his body was at an angle it wasn’t straight . Jesus went thru beatings and it still wasn’t enough for then . Every single breath he took for 6 hours was painful . Literally every breath , every breath he took he needed to pull himself up so he can get air . Now imagine his hands are nailed to the cross as well as his feet and yet he had to pull himself up to breathe it’s almost impossible . The pain he went thru was not right, but he did it for you.
“At about three o’clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?””
Matthew 27:46 NLT
Jesus cries out to his father in heaven asking him why has he forsaken him. Even here he was fufilling the scriptures because it Psalms Chapter 22 verse 1 it says .
“My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help?”
Psalms 22:1 NLT
“Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.”
Matthew 27:47 NLT
They thought when he said “ Eli , Eli” that he was calling out Elijah which is easy to understand why
“One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink.”
Matthew 27:48 NLT
the word vinegar is derived from French words vin aigre which means ‘sour wine’. When wine was first made, natural sugars were fermented into alcohol. Over time, bacteria in the air transformed the alcohol into acetic acid, which gave the ‘sour wine’ its bite
Now Jesus is offered sour wine 3 times before he dies first in Matthew Chapter 27 Verse 34 it says
“The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with bitter gall, but when he had tasted it, he refused to drink it.”
Matthew 27:34 NLT
So I found out that Wine mixed with gall was used as a pain numbing drink to help with pain. What’s gall? Gall is a berry type plant
“The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine. They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!””
Luke 23:36-37 NLT
Why is he being offered sour wine????
Roman soldiers would drink sour wine normally to stay hydrated they called is posca. Sour wine was a cheap wine that peasants and soldiers would drink.
I believe at this point on the cross they were simply trying to give Jesus something to drink and that’s all they had
This is the scripture that was fulfilled
“But instead, they give me poison for food; they offer me sour wine for my thirst.”
Psalms 69:21 NLT
“But the rest said, “Wait! Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.””
Matthew 27:49 NLT
Elijah was known as a big prophet someone who did such great miracles by faith in God .
He made fire fall from heaven in 2 Kings 1:12 it says.
“Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men!” And again the fire of God fell from heaven and killed them all.”
He resurrected people
1 Kings 17:21-22
“And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the Lord, “O Lord my God, please let this child’s life return to him.” The Lord heard Elijah’s prayer, and the life of the child returned, and he revived!”
He went fully body and all into heaven with out physically dying
2 Kings 2:11 NLT
“As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven.”
So it’s understandable why they thought Jesus was calling out to Elijah and why they thought he of all people might save Jesus from the cross.
“Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit.”
Matthew 27:50 NLT
Once again he fulfilled scriptures that was said before he was on this earth.
Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips. When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.”
John 19:28-30 NLT
Jesus made sure that he complete his mission and fulfilled prophecy before he died . His final last words were “it is finished”
“At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart,”
Matthew 27:51 NLT
What curtain?
The curtain mentioned is being referred to the curtain between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place which is mentioned is exodus chapter 26 verses 31-33
““For the inside of the Tabernacle, make a special curtain of finely woven linen. Decorate it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim. Hang this curtain on gold hooks attached to four posts of acacia wood. Overlay the posts with gold, and set them in four silver bases. Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.”
Well why did he tear it ?
As a symbol to show he was the final and most important sacrifice. His blood was offered for all of our sins, for the sins of people he didn’t even know, for the sins of the people he knew would be against him and not even acknowledge him in the future. He did it for US knowing that we will sin everyday and abuse the word forgiveness.
“But only the high priest ever entered the Most Holy Place, and only once a year. And he always offered blood for his own sins and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.”
Hebrews 9:7 NLT
“With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.”
Hebrews 9:12 NLT
“and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead. They left the cemetery after Jesus’ resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people.”
Matthew 27:52-53 NLT
Was they raised and seen before Jesus rose? Or was they raised and uncovered and waited until Jesus rose to be seen by people?