The suffering that Christ endured was extensive and gruesome.

Jesus was born “in either 4 or 6 BC and died in 30 AD. During the Passover observance in 30 AD, the Last Supper would have been observed on a Thursday, April 6, and Jesus would have been crucified on Friday, April 7” (Edwards, 1455-56). Jesus first suffered great emotional, and mental anguish which lead to his sweat turning to blood, this is d

After Jesus was scourged he was lead to the crucifixion site at about 9 am. (Edwards, 1461) Jesus was in such a critical state that he could not carry the cross by himself. Simon of Cyrene was commanded to carry the cross for Jesus the remaining third of a mile. After reaching Golgotha (Calvary), Jesus’ clothes were removed once again probably reopening the lacerations from his scourging. He was then offered the required mix of wine and myrrh (gall), but refused it. Jesus and the two thieves were then crucified. “Although scriptural references are made to nails in his hands, these are not at odds with the archaeological evidence of wrist wounds, since the ancients customarily considered the wrist wounds, since the ancients customarily considered the wrist to be a part of the hand” (Edwards, 1462). He was then offered a drink of wine and vinegar from a sponge placed on the end of a spear, which implies that he was crucified on a short cross. He was criticized by the crowd, soldiers, and one of the thieves. Jesus spoke only seven short times while on the cross before he died at 3 pm that Friday. (Edwards, 1462) He had the power to take himself down from the cross but didn’t. “Jesus (as at Matt. 27:39; Mark 15:29) is taken from Psalm 22:7, as are the words of the Jewish authorities in Matthew: “He trusts in God; Let God deliever him now, if he wants to “ (Porter, 205). God had honored his death by placing a thick darkness over the while land (some think over the whole earth), for three hours, from noon till three of the clock. This is described in Amos 8:9, “I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day”. (Hendrickson, 1815) Jews had asked Pontius Pilate to take the bodies of those crucified down before sunset because of the coming Sabbath. The soldiers were ordered to break the legs of the two thieves to assure their timely deaths. They recognized that Jesus was already dead before they broke his legs, so they pierced his side with a spear which produced the mixture of blood and water assuring his death. His body was taken down and then was placed in a tomb.

This implies that even before his crucifixion he was in an especially critical state.

escribed in Luke 22: 44. This is a very rare phenomenon, “Bloody sweat (hematidrosis or hemohidrosis) may occur in highly emotional

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