Jesus' Crucifixion

Today in seminary we learned about how Jesus was hung on the cross to die, and on Tuesday we learned about how He was in the Garden of Gethsemane and paid for all our sins.
They were really touching lessons.

For a recap on the Garden of Gethsemane:
Jesus went there all the time to think, ponder, survey, and pray to God. He knew He was going to die there, but that was the place He preferred to go. During his last week on this Earth, He went into the Garden with His 12 apostles. He left 10 of them behind as He continued with the other 2 deeper into Gethsemane. He collapsed and prayed to our God. He knew He was going to suffer for all of our sins...all of them we will ever make, physically, mentally, and emotionally. As He prayed, He felt the pain we feel on a daily basis. He knows what it's like to break a bone (though He's never broke one), to be teased, whipped, etc. After He finished praying, He went back to His apostles and found them asleep. He asked them how they would be asleep, knowing He was suffering for us. All of us are asleep, are we not? Anyway, He went back to where He was praying before and did it again. Then again. 3 times He went to pray, and every time He was hurt more, getting only more exhausted. Then He went back to His apostles just as a group of soldiers came for Him. Somebody's ear got sliced off by Peter, the 1 apostle who betrayed Jesus. But He touched the man's ear-space and he was healed. The soldiers took Jesus and...


Recap on Jesus' crucifixion:
...they took Him back to town. They beat Him, spit on Him, and tortured Him. Peter denied his presence in the Garden of Gethsemane three times and the rooster crowed, just as Jesus told him earlier that it would. Jesus had an unfair trial and was sentenced to imprisonment. This was in Herod. He then was led into another town, then back to Herod to die. Two servants scourged (

1.	a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture.

2.	a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.) Him.

His back was torn up, sliced, and bloody. He lost a lot of blood, though He didn't die from the loss. He was beat up some more, then forced to carry his own cross up the mountain to where He was going to be crucified. He collapsed before going all the way up, so they soldiers had some random dude from off the street take the wood up the rest of the way. When they all got to the top, Jesus' hands were pierced with long, thick, rusted-metal, nails. He was nailed in the middle of both His hands, but that wasn't enough because He had to be pulled up by the nails onto the cross, and the nails would've ripped all the way through His hand. So they also nailed Him in the wrists, right where the blood vein is that houses a nerve system. That nerve system made Him throb everywhere. They put one of His feet over the other and nailed them straight through to the wood. Slumped over uncomfortably, He had to swivel his hands around the nails and stand up on His nailed feet to take a deep breath, then He had to drop Himself down again because it's hard to stay like that. 2 other prisoners were on crosses also, on either side of Him. One was against Jesus, the other was in agreement with Him. He made 7 last statements, then died on the cross. After He died, one of the soldiers inserted a spear into the sac around Jesus' heart and wiggled it around, just to make sure He was dead.


The lesson almost made me cry. Tears were brimming around my eyes, but I fought them back. Thinking of all the mistakes I made and how little of them I repent for or even recognize. Jesus suffered through all the pain EVERYBODY went through...so we can live with Him.