The Crucifixion and the Mockery

In this part of the sermon: Pastor Martin introduces the sermon by directing the congregation to Mark 15:21-32 and leads a prayer, emphasizing the solemnity of contemplating the cross after five weeks of…

Martin uses Moses taking off his shoes before the burning bush as an analogy for the reverence due when contemplating the mysteries of the cross, emphasizing its greater holiness.

Let us pray. Our Father, if you commanded Moses to take the shoes from off his feet, because he stood by a bush that burned as the symbol of your living holy presence, how much more do we feel? Like taking the shoes from off our feet and pressing our faces upon the floor when we stand before the mysteries of the cross.

3:00 - 3:36 Read in full sermon

Driving home: And yet fearful on the other hand that if I go beyond what is written and what is warranted that I should in any way cast aspersions upon the wisdom of God and disrupt that delicate balance of true vital piety which is n…

Martin provides a detailed, graphic description of the physical process of crucifixion, including the stretching of arms, driving of spikes through wrists and feet, and the eventual suffocation, to help the congregation grasp the horror of the act.

tied upon that which would eventually be the would have been cross lightly tied soldiers would have taken an iron sit here in the wrist possibly in the center of the hand in the wrist part of the hand and would have of that Roman gibbet this would have been done with both hands and then as theologist Spade has affirmed one fight would have been driven over the overlapping feet fact the skeletons and some have been found with holes in both heels made by one common spike and one spike found that was even bent at the end as it hit a lot halfway through its being fixed to the vertical part of a cr...

17:11 - 18:36 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: This section describes the soldiers stripping Jesus naked and casting lots for His garments, fulfilling prophecy, and the placement of the superscription 'The King of the Jews'…

He describes the soldiers' common practice of dividing the victim's blood-soaked garments as extra remuneration, illustrating their callousness and the fulfillment of prophecy.

there is nothing in the Word of God to indicate that any exception to order, practice, and crucifixion was made in the case of our Lord. And so the prejudice of the silence of Scripture points to our Lord. In the midst of all these indignities, the shame and the indignity of total nakedness as He is impaled upon the cross, apparently those who were willing to undergo this sordid task of executing criminals by crucifixion, part of their extra remuneration by the Roman authority was the privilege of dividing, taking His clothes and making them their own. And so the blood-soaked garments of our L...

23:33 - 24:57 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: This section describes the soldiers stripping Jesus naked and casting lots for His garments, fulfilling prophecy, and the placement of the superscription 'The King of the Jews'…

Martin quotes a historian describing the Roman practice of carrying or attaching a board with the accusation to the condemned, explaining the historical context of the superscription above Jesus' head.

And the superscription of His accusation, was written over the King, whose title that is written in languages, Hebrew, the accusation of this one impaled. Matthew describes it as an accusation. Luke and Mark read into the matter, and it's amazing how sanctified minds have been willing to present as accurately as possible, precisely what took place. One who has looked into these matters, responsibly has written as follows. On the way to the execution site, a delinquent wore or had carried before him, a wooden board whitened with chalk, on which letters were written in ink, or burn in specifying...

26:13 - 27:37 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin explains Jesus being crucified between two criminals, fulfilling prophecy, and then focuses extensively on the widespread blasphemy and mockery from passers-by, Sanhedrin…

He explains the significance of 'wagging their heads' by relating it to modern body language, where it signifies disbelief or ridicule, making the ancient gesture understandable.

And they that were passing by festive season, as the description of their, and then of the actual verbal, and that's a very significant touch of description concerning body language. In Psalm 22 in verse seven, this, theology is used of those who wag there. It is found in Psalm 109 verse 25, Jeremiah 18, 16, Lamentations 2, 15, and other parts of the Old Testament. And whatever the peculiar significance may have been, we can relate to this. We use this body language all the time. Someone comes to us and makes a statement and we wag our heads.

33:25 - 34:34 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin explains Jesus being crucified between two criminals, fulfilling prophecy, and then focuses extensively on the widespread blasphemy and mockery from passers-by, Sanhedrin…

Martin describes the Sanhedrin members' mocking as an 'antiphonal choir,' where they shout insults to one another, emphasizing their coordinated and devilish derision.

He says. By me directly into the Lord's face. Members of the Sanhedrin. Antiphonal choir.

38:34 - 38:53 Read in full sermon