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Preparing for the Cross: Part V - The Path to Golgotha

Marc Nuessen, April 1, 2012
Part of the Preparing for the Cross series.

Part V – The path to Golgotha
John 12:12-43 Christ’s entrance on Palm Sunday
Matt 27:29-31 The Romans mock Christ as King
Mark 15:23 The crowd offers Christ wine mixed with myrrh to deaden the pain
Prov 31:6 It was a tradition to give strong drink to those sentenced to death
Heb 4:15 Christ was flesh; weak and suffering like any man
Mark 15:21 Simon is compelled to carry the cross for Christ
Luke 23:27-31 Christ tells the mourners not to weep for Him but themselves
Luke 20:41-44 Christ foretells of the doom of Jerusalem
AD70 Titus laid siege to Jerusalem surrounding it and starving the Jews.
The Romans leveled the city and slaughtered tens of thousands.
Many of the survivors were then used in the circus games and gladiator bouts.
Luke 20:9-18 The parable of the Vineyard

Tags: Crucifixtion, Preparing for the Cross

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