DISCOURSE: 1721 PILATE’S FURTHER ATTEMPT TO SAVE JESUS John 19:5. _Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!_ IT is common to speak of our fallen nature as _altogether_ corrupt, and destitute of _any_ good thing. But this mu... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1722 THE SUPERSCRIPTION AFFIXED TO THE CROSS John 19:19. _And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was writte... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1723 CASTING LOTS FOR OUR LORD’S VESTURE John 19:23. _Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat teas without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1724 JESUS COMMENDS HIS MOTHER TO JOHN’S CARE John 19:26. _When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto h... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1725 OUR SAVIOUR’S DEATH John 19:28. _After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mout... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1726 CHRIST’S WORK FINISHED John 19:30. _It is finished_. THESE, with the exception of the words with which our blessed Lord commended his spirit into his Father’s hands, were the last words which he spake, previous to his dissolution. In the original, they are comprehended in one word... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1727 THE TREATMENT OF OUR LORD’S BODY ON THE CROSS John 19:31. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they mi... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1728 THE BURIAL OF JESUS John 19:38. _And after this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came als... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1729 CHARACTER OF NICODEMUS John 19:39. _There came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night_. IT is generally supposed, that by conversion a man’s character is altogether changed. But this is by no means true. Divine grace gives a new direction to a man’s natural powers... [ Continue Reading ]