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Chapter Nine—Jesus is Hung on the Cross 57 into a coma. ‘Jesus as was in shock and hypotensive, and lost con- sciousness because of diminished blood supply to the brain. His ashen skin and immobility were mistaken for death and there is no doubt that the bystanders believed he was dead. ’1 It seemed that an earthquake shook the whole city at that moment. The Bible states: ‘The earth shook and the rocks were split. ’2 The people were terrified and took to their heals. As the Sabbath was approaching, the soldiers broke the legs of the two bandits. They were alive. They died when their legs were broken, but when they came to Jesus as, they thought that he had already died. However, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear and at once blood and water flowed forth. 3 Surprisingly, the legs of Jesus as were not broken. The rushing of blood and water from his body was a proof that Jesus as was alive at that moment and not dead, as medical sci- ence tells us that blood and water cannot flow forth from a dead body. If he was dead and his heart had stopped beating, such active bleeding as causing the blood to flow out would be impossible. Jesus as is Saved One of the followers of Jesus as who had not yet become his disci- ple openly, but believed in him at heart, was Joseph of Arimathea. 1. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London; vol. 25 No. 2 April 1991. Article by Trevor. A. Lloyd Davies p. 168. 2. Matthew 27:51 3. John 19:34