Lee Strobel

This was an event in history, but it was an event foretold hundreds and hundreds of years in advance, which gives it that much more credibility and supernatural implications.

This was an event in history, but it was an event foretold hundreds and hundreds of years in advance, which gives it that much more credibility and supernatural implications.

This was an event in history, but it was an event foretold hundreds and hundreds of years in advance, which gives it that much more credibility and supernatural implications.

And the hand in that day, in the Greek and Hebrew, the hand was considered, or the wrist was considered to be part of the hand. Yeah. Yeah, and that's where people say it was. Which you can imagine the nerve there. There's a nerve there. And it's like taking your nerve here and taking pliers and just squeezing it when you insert a seven-inch spike through your wrist. Horrible, horrible way to die.

And the hand in that day, in the Greek and Hebrew, the hand was considered, or the wrist was considered to be part of the hand. Yeah. Yeah, and that's where people say it was. Which you can imagine the nerve there. There's a nerve there. And it's like taking your nerve here and taking pliers and just squeezing it when you insert a seven-inch spike through your wrist. Horrible, horrible way to die.

And the hand in that day, in the Greek and Hebrew, the hand was considered, or the wrist was considered to be part of the hand. Yeah. Yeah, and that's where people say it was. Which you can imagine the nerve there. There's a nerve there. And it's like taking your nerve here and taking pliers and just squeezing it when you insert a seven-inch spike through your wrist. Horrible, horrible way to die.

They exempted Roman citizens from crucifixion. You couldn't crucify a Roman citizen because it's too awful.

They exempted Roman citizens from crucifixion. You couldn't crucify a Roman citizen because it's too awful.

They exempted Roman citizens from crucifixion. You couldn't crucify a Roman citizen because it's too awful.

I have a friend who was a GI from Vietnam and came back and was on a street corner, ran into an evangelist there. And he was Jewish, my friend. And the guy showed him Isaiah 53 and 52 and 53 that John's talking about that foretold Jesus. And he said, who do you think this is talking about? And my friend Lewis said, well, Jesus, but obviously that's been doctored. Obviously it's been, you know.

I have a friend who was a GI from Vietnam and came back and was on a street corner, ran into an evangelist there. And he was Jewish, my friend. And the guy showed him Isaiah 53 and 52 and 53 that John's talking about that foretold Jesus. And he said, who do you think this is talking about? And my friend Lewis said, well, Jesus, but obviously that's been doctored. Obviously it's been, you know.

I have a friend who was a GI from Vietnam and came back and was on a street corner, ran into an evangelist there. And he was Jewish, my friend. And the guy showed him Isaiah 53 and 52 and 53 that John's talking about that foretold Jesus. And he said, who do you think this is talking about? And my friend Lewis said, well, Jesus, but obviously that's been doctored. Obviously it's been, you know.

So he called his relative and said, send me the original, you know, our scriptures. I want to compare. He read it and realized this is the original. And the odds of all of this coming true were so ridiculously astronomical that he received Jesus as his forgiver and leader, and he became a pastor. Louis Lapise is his name.

So he called his relative and said, send me the original, you know, our scriptures. I want to compare. He read it and realized this is the original. And the odds of all of this coming true were so ridiculously astronomical that he received Jesus as his forgiver and leader, and he became a pastor. Louis Lapise is his name.

So he called his relative and said, send me the original, you know, our scriptures. I want to compare. He read it and realized this is the original. And the odds of all of this coming true were so ridiculously astronomical that he received Jesus as his forgiver and leader, and he became a pastor. Louis Lapise is his name.

That's how they would accelerate the death, break their legs.

That's how they would accelerate the death, break their legs.

That's how they would accelerate the death, break their legs.

Right. John the Baptist pointed to Jesus and said, behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. So he's applying this Jewish sacrificial system to the ultimate sacrifice, who is a sinless son of God, who would pay the sacrifice that we deserve for the sins that we've committed, and yet takes that on so that we can be forgiven. Yeah.

Right. John the Baptist pointed to Jesus and said, behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. So he's applying this Jewish sacrificial system to the ultimate sacrifice, who is a sinless son of God, who would pay the sacrifice that we deserve for the sins that we've committed, and yet takes that on so that we can be forgiven. Yeah.