Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 7
Chapter One—Passages from the Gospels 7 delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 1 In John 19:23 to 36, both the Psalms have been applied to Jesus Christ. In regard to the second it will be remembered that whilst the limbs of the two thieves put on the cross with Christ were broken, Jesus was left untouched. Thus, God, hearing his prayer, saved him from the ‘accursed’ death. 3. Jesus himself believed that God had accepted his prayer and that he would not die on the cross, wherefore when he realised his terrible condition, nailed on to the cross without seemingly the slightest chance of escape, for the first time a doubt assailed him which found expression in the despairing cry, ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’ 2 God did not forsake him. He had prepared his deliverance. If, however, we assume that he died on the cross, then we must think that God did, indeed, forsake him, a consequence totally at variance with his words: ‘Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. ’ 3 4. All scriptures are unanimous that God hears the prayers of the righteous but not of the wicked, nor of His enemies. See, for 1. Psalms 34:19–20 2. Matthew 27:46 3. John 16:32