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Jesus was crucified between two
criminals as the light of the day
intensified. During the final three
hours of the crucifixion (from noon to
3:00 PM) God draws a supernatural
darkness over the scene. Jesus as the
Lamb of God is “forsaken” by His Father
as He bears the sins of fallen mankind.
Jesus remained silent until late in the
three hours and then speaks four
times, the last time commending His
spirit to the Father. The Prince of Life
laid down His physical life in the

Gordon’s Calvary looks like a human skull darkness. The witnesses to this event
must have been amazed at how nature
responded to Christ’s death, and certainly the religious leaders should have been fearful that certainly
they did crucify the Son of God. The thick temple veil between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies was
miraculously rent in two from top to bottom, another testimony to of the religious leaders of their
horrific crime.

Not only was it dark, but the Gospels say that there were earthquakes and tremors that split the rocks
and hundreds of people who had died was raised from the dead and walked around in Jerusalem. These
physical signs drew many onlookers to faith, including a Roman centurion who has been assigned to the
detail conducting the crucifixion.

Jesus died around 3:00 PM and the Law demanded that He be buried before Passover began at 6:00 PM.

Jesus’ Body Placed in the Guarded Tomb (Matthew 27:57-60, Mark 15:42-46, Luke 23:50-54 and John
19:31-42; Matthew 27:61-66, Mark 15:47 and Luke 23:55-56)

Joseph of Arimathea received permission from Pilate to receive the body of Jesus. He and Nicodemus
(who had come to Jesus by night, a member of the Sanhedrin) placed Jesus’ body in a tomb belonging to
Joseph after they had wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. Joseph was a wealthy and good and upright
man. The tomb was not very far from the site of the crucifixion. A group of women, including Mary
Magdalene, observed the burial of Jesus.

Following Jewish custom, they wrapped the body in strips of linen and mixed in myrrh and aloe.
Because they had so little time, Joseph and Nicodemus hurriedly placed Jesus in Joseph’s own tomb,
located in a garden a short distance from Golgotha. Joseph and Nicodemus probably did not know of
Isaiah’s prophecy concerning Jesus’ death.

Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done
no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

This is one of the many prophecies concerning Jesus’ death that has confirmed Jesus’ identity as the
Messiah and Son of God.

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