New Life Bible Fellowship Church
8/3/25

      • Psalm 103:15–19ESV

  • The Holy Heart
  • When I Survey The Wondrous Cross

      • Psalm 140ESV

  • Doxology

  • Introduction:

    Last week we began part one of the sobering details of Jesus’ Crucifixion, where we saw His suffering in silence, the crowd's response of hatred, and the ultimate fulfillment of Scripture. We saw that because our sin debt is so vast, it cost the Son of God, the perfect sinless human, His life in order for payment to be made.
    This morning, in part two of Jesus’ Crucifixion, we will see how this payment was made not just as an installment, but was the complete eradication of His people’s sin debt, past, present, and future, thus securing for them peace with God the Father.

    Text: John 19:28-42

    John 19:28–42 ESV
    28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. 31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. 35 He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. 36 For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.” 38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. 39 Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

    Main Idea: Because Jesus the spotless Lamb of God paid the sin debt of His sheep, we His sheep now experience the forgiveness of our sins and a restored relationship with God.

    This is a total forgiveness and a complete reconciliation with God!

    I. Sin’s Debt Eradicated (28-30)

    28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”
    all was now finished. The worst ordeal, that of bearing in the place of His people the wrath of God against sin (Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34), appears to be over.
    Matthew 27:46 ESV
    46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
    (to fulfill Scripture). Both Jesus’ intense thirst (Pss. 42:2; 63:1) and the sour wine offered to quench it (Ps. 69:21) are fulfillments of Scripture. Earlier in the afternoon He rejected wine that might have anesthetized Him to pain (Matt. 27:34).
    Psalm 69:21 ESV
    21 They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.
    29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.
    The sour wine (Mark 15:36) Jesus is offered here was used by soldiers to quench their thirst and is different from the “wine mixed with myrrh,” a sedative that Jesus was offered (and refused) on the way to the cross (Mark 15:23).
    Hyssop was a plant classified in 1 Kings 4:33 as a simple shrub that could grow from the crack of a wall. It was used for the sprinkling of blood on the doorposts at the original Passover (Ex. 12:22).
    30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
    Jesus received the sour wine, probably to moisten his parched throat in order to be able to proclaim a loud cry of triumph at the end of his suffering.
    It is finished (tetelestai [per, pas, ind] - present state of affairs resulting from past actions) proclaims that all the work the Father had sent him to accomplish (cf. 4:34; 9:4) was now completed, particularly his work of bearing the penalty for sins. This means there was no more penalty left to be paid for sins, for all Jesus’ suffering was “finished” (see Heb. 1:3; 9:11–12, 25–28).
    Hebrews 1:3 ESV
    3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
    Hebrews 9:11–12 ESV
    11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
    he bowed his head and gave up (paradidomai [aor, act ind] - to give or supply) his spirit, this verb is used 9 times in this form in the New Testament. In each case, the giving is consequential and life changing. For instance, Paul in Romans 1 tells us that because of the extreme evil of man, God gave them over to their passions:
    Rom 1:26, 28
    Romans 1:26 ESV
    26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;
    Romans 1:28 ESV
    28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
    We then see as a result of man’s sin debt and God’s eternal covenant of redemption, He gave His son:
    Romans 8:32 ESV
    32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
    Ephesians 5:2 ESV
    2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
    This emphasizes the voluntary nature of Jesus’ self-sacrifice, echoes the description of the death of the suffering servant in Isa. 53:12. His spirit is Jesus’ own human spirit, which he voluntarily released from his body that it might return to the presence of God the Father.
    Isaiah 53:12 ESV
    12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
    His spirit would remain in heaven with the Father until it returned to his body at his resurrection “on the first day of the week” (John 20:1).
    So what was the immediate result of Jesus finishing the work and giving up His spirit? The synoptic gospels give us some of these details:
    Matthew 27:51–54 ESV
    51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. 54 When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
    Mark 15:37–39 ESV
    37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
    Luke 23:44–47 ESV
    44 It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. 47 Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!”
    Note that each gospel reports that the curtain in the temple was torn in two symbolizing that the separation that existed for millennia between God and man is no longer there, the blood of Jesus satisfied once for all the requirements of a Holy God. Thus Jesus was our propitiation:
    Hebrews 2:17 ESV
    17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
    Romans 5:1 ESV
    1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
    Romans 8:1 ESV
    1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

    II. True Testimony Given (31-37)

    31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.
    On the day of Preparation. That Sabbath was a high day (i.e., a special Sabbath) because it was the Sabbath of Passover week.
    The Jews’ request was based on Deut. 21:22–23, according to which bodies of hanged criminals were not to defile the land by remaining on a tree overnight.
    legs might be broken. Breaking the legs would facilitate a quick death by preventing a person from prolonging his life by pushing himself up with his legs to be able to breathe. Arm strength soon failed, and asphyxiation ensued.
    32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. - Thus the soldiers were commissioned to this gruesome task.
    33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. - Note again, that as a result of Jesus giving up His spirit voluntarily, there was no need for human intervention for His death. Jesus foretold this in John 10:17-18:
    John 10:17–18 ESV
    17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
    34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.
    pierced his side with a spear. This act proves that Jesus was not in a coma but was dead, as shown also by the burial preparations (vv. 39, 40) and the specification of a particular tomb for Him (v. 41). Both the preserving of His bones (v. 33) and the piercing of His side fulfill OT Scripture, which we will see in a moment.
    blood and water. John emphasizes this physical evidence that Jesus was a real human being and that He was dead. This blood and water were real (the crucifixion very possibly induced hypovolemic shock, which can cause a buildup of water around the heart and lungs, showing both His trauma was real and also His death) and symbolic as Jesus spoke of His blood as “true drink” (John 6:55) and of the living water that He would give (4:10; John 7:37–39).
    John 6:55 ESV
    55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
    John 7:37–39 ESV
    37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ ” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
    1 John 5:6–8 ESV
    6 This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
    Thus, the blood is understood as a sacrifice for the remission of sins, while the water symbolizes the life-giving Spirit. 
    35 He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. -
    John is declaring these things as a true, credible eyewitness with one purpose in mind…that you also may believe. He was not just a historian telling us facts from history, but one who is declaring to those who are drowning in sin debt where to find forgiveness…
    This is not the first time he declares his trustworthy witness of purpose (John 20:30-31), but he does so again in his first epistle’s opening statements:
    1 John 1:1–4 ESV
    1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
    36 For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”
    Not one of his bones will be broken. After 24, 28 (see notes), this is now the third scriptural proof cited by John to indicate that Jesus’ death fulfills Scripture (Ps. 34:20; also Ex. 12:46, reiterated in Num. 9:12). Jesus escaped the breaking of his legs, and the spear piercing his body likewise failed to break any bones. This is seen in the Old Testament passover celebration:
    Exodus 12:46 ESV
    46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.
    and prophesied in the Psalms:
    Psalm 34:20 ESV
    20 He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
    37 And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.”
    The second of two texts fulfilled by the Roman soldiers’ actions in v. 34 is Zech. 12:10: They will look on him whom they have pierced (also cited in Rev. 1:7).
    Zechariah 12:10 ESV
    10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
    This act of the soldiers as a request from the Jews in their “preparation for the high Sabbath”, was also a…

    III. Preparation Through Burial (38-42)

    Since the resurrection of Jesus from the grave is what sets Jesus apart from all other religious leaders, and substantiates His claim of being the Son of God, and is part of the points of the gospel Paul gives us in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, it is imperative that Christ truly had died. Therefore, These passages go into detail about His burial so that we know He died, and prepares us for the miraculous “first day of the week”.
    38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.
    Joseph of Arimathea, a wealthy member of the Jewish ruling council (Sanhedrin), and a secret supporter of Jesus mentioned in all four Gospels.
    He was instrumental in taking the leading role in connection with Jesus’ burial, but, beside these Gospels, is mentioned nowhere else in the NT.
    Note that he is emboldened to ask Pilate for Jesus’ body (Mark 15:43-45, tells us the Pilot was surprised Jesus was dead and had to verify it with the centurion), thus fulfilling another Scripture: “they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death” (Isa. 53:9). Luke 23:50-51 gives a little more information on him:
    Luke 23:50–51 ESV
    50 Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God.
    Matthew tells us that it was his tomb in which Jesus was laid:
    Matthew 27:57–60 ESV
    57 When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.
    39 Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.
    Nicodemus. After meeting with Jesus by night (3:1–15), Nicodemus spoke on behalf of granting Jesus due process to his fellow leaders in the Sanhedrin (7:45–52). They essentially accused him of being a follower of Jesus—as he apparently was, joining with Joseph to perform the duty of disciples toward their deceased teacher (cf. Matt. 14:12).
    40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
    As the linen bandages were wound around the body, limb by limb, the mixture of myrrh and aloes was strewn in. That was the manner in which the Jews prepared their dead for burial. They did not embalm like the Egyptians.
    41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.
    in which no one had yet been laid. This tomb was new. It was new in the sense that it had never been used. Decay and decomposition had never entered it. This was a fit resting-place for the body of the Lord. Cf. Ps. 16:10.
    Psalm 16:10 ESV
    10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
    Regarding the Jewish day of Preparation, the Sabbath was rapidly approaching, when all work must cease, including that of carrying spices or transporting a corpse. The use of a rich man’s tomb (cf. Matt. 27:57) fulfills Isa. 53:9.
    However, as mentioned earlier, this was not just any preparation…it was THE preparation, one that would explode into ultimate victory as we will begin to look at next week!

    So What?

    Do we understand that Jesus Christ, the lamb of God, completed the atonement for His people once and for all?
    This was unlike any other atonement from the OT, this was a final atonement, one in which no one will every again have to atone for sin. Our sin debt has been paid in full…we owe nothing!
    Once again from Hebrews 9…
    Hebrews 9:11–12 ESV
    11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
    Thus we give our all to Jesus Christ as our Master, Lord, and Savior.
    Do we also understand that this atonement brought us into a family relationship with God the Father, which would not have been possible any other way?
    Hebrews 4:14–16 ESV
    14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
    Do we finally understand that Jesus, the Man did die and was buried as was necessary for true vicarious (acting or done for another; substitutionary) atonement to take place?
    Hebrews 9:22 ESV
    22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

      • John 19:28–42ESV

      • John 19:28ESV

      • Matthew 27:46ESV

      • Psalm 69:21ESV

      • John 19:29–30ESV

      • Hebrews 1:3ESV

      • Hebrews 9:11–12ESV

      • Romans 1:26ESV

      • Romans 1:28ESV

      • Romans 8:32ESV

      • Ephesians 5:2ESV

      • Isaiah 53:12ESV

      • Matthew 27:51–54ESV

      • Mark 15:37–39ESV

      • Luke 23:44–47ESV

      • Hebrews 2:17ESV

      • Romans 5:1ESV

      • Romans 8:1ESV

      • John 19:31–33ESV

      • John 10:17–18ESV

      • John 19:34ESV

      • John 6:55ESV

      • John 7:37–39ESV

      • 1 John 5:6–8ESV

      • John 19:35ESV

      • 1 John 1:1–4ESV

      • John 19:36ESV

      • Exodus 12:46ESV

      • Psalm 34:20ESV

      • John 19:37ESV

      • Zechariah 12:10ESV

      • John 19:38ESV

      • Luke 23:50–51ESV

      • Matthew 27:57–60ESV

      • John 19:39–42ESV

      • Psalm 16:10ESV

      • Hebrews 9:11–12ESV

      • Hebrews 9:11–12ESV

      • Hebrews 4:14–16ESV

      • Hebrews 4:14–16ESV

      • Hebrews 4:14–16ESV

      • Hebrews 9:22ESV

  • There Is a Fountain
New Life Bible Fellowship Church
dick.bickings@gmail.com
(302) 945-8145
https://newlifebfcde.org
18 members • 1 follower