Christ And Him

Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23

A method of extreme punishmentIt was cruel and inhumaneIt was intended to produce horror and revulsion

It would be a vicious demonstration of intimidation and humiliation

It left the victim helpless, vulnerable, and exposed

It was seen as a death of shame and degradation

Facts About Crucifixion

InstancesKing Darius (Persian) - 3,000 Babylonians

Alexander the Great - 2,000 TyriansAlexander Jannaeus - 800 PhariseesThe Romans

They came to power in Israel in 63 B. C. From that time until the fall of Jerusalem

(70 A. D.) as many as 30,000 may have been crucified

Outlawed by Constantine in 337 A. D.

Facts About Crucifixion

Reserved for the lowest or vilest criminalReserved for slaves, common criminals, traitors, enemies of the state

A Roman citizen could not be crucified

Thus, the “king of the Jews” or “a god” being crucified was utter nonsense to the Greeks (non-Jews)

World View

They were “scandalized.”“Stumbling block” from

SKANDALON (Grk.)This word is translated as

“stumbling block” or “offense” (see 1 Peter 2:8)

Originally meant the trigger in a trap, then the trap itself

Barclay says it is “something which stops a man’s progress, something which trips him up, or something that bars the way to him”

World View The Jews stumbled at the crucifixion of Christ.

Jesus did not fit their concept of the MessiahHe did not usher in an earthly rule.He suffered what was to them a

scandalous deathHanged on a tree (Gal. 3:13;

Deut. 21:22-23)Even the death of the cross

(Phil. 2:8)The Jews viewed Him as a failure; His death a defeat

World View The Jews stumbled at the crucifixion of Christ

These attitudes still exist todayMillions hold Jesus in contempt and mock Him

Thought of as a failureThey believe His momentary movement died with Him

World View

This death made salvation possibleThe author and finisher (Heb. 12:2)

His death brought redemption (Eph. 1:7)

His blood:Forgives sins (Matt. 26:28)Pays penalty (1 Peter 1:18-19)

Reconciled through His death (Rom. 5:6-10)

Biblical View

It produced the ultimate victoryConquering of sin (Col. 2:13-15)

Exaltation of Jesus (Acts 2:22-24; 30-36)

Offer of eternal salvation (2 Tim. 1:10)

Biblical View