Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 8
? 8 example, Psalms 18:6 and 66: 18–20; Jeremiah 29:13, and Job 22: 27. We also read in John: We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 1 If then we deny that God heard and answered the prayer of Jesus, we have no alternative but to believe that Jesus was a sinner, and not a righteous person who did according to the will of God. And to believe this about a person like Jesus, who was a prophet of God, is certain blasphemy. We read in Hebrews about this prayer of Jesus: Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared. 2 Thus, the Jews failed in their plan and God saved Jesus, a righteous and God-fearing person, from an ‘accursed’ death. 1. John 9:31 2. Hebrews 5:7