Some of the sections are of special interest:
One. He died.
DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION: [/] HASTENED by the breaking of the legs, so that the victim could not push up to take a good breath.The Roman centurion is an important witness of this. Centurions rose from the ranks through competence, zeal, and experience. This man had almost certainly seen death, and death by crucifixion, a great number of times.
John 19:32-33: The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
CONFIRMED by a spear thrust into the right side of the heart.
John 19:34: Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. Death in crucifixion was hastened by the breaking of the legs of the victim. This procedure, called crurifracture, prevented the ability of the victim to take in a good breath. Death would quickly occur from suffocation. In Jesus' case, He died quickly and did not have His legs broken. Jesus fulfills one of the prophetic requirements of the Passover Lamb, that not a bone shall be broken.(Exodus 12:46, John 19:36)
To confirm that a victim was dead, the Romans inflicted a spear wound through the right side of the heart. When pierced, a sudden flow of blood and water came [from] Jesus' body . [ … ] The important fact is that the medical evidence supports that Jesus did die a physical death.
A man dying of suffocation does not give a loud shout immediately before dying. He cannot get enough breath to live, let alone shout. And there are universal signs of death that are not mentioned in polite company.
Mar 15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. 39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.Truly this Man Is the Son of God.
Rev 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, [ … ]Truly this Man Is the Son of God.
11 [ … ]and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Heb 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
