Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 24
Pontius Pilate held Jesus guiltless, his wife was warned in her dream that Jesus should not be put to trouble, he so arranged that Jesus was not put upon the cross till the afternoon of Friday, a few hours before sunset; the onset of a storm and the spread of darkness necessitated the removal of Jesus from the cross even ahead of sunset, his bones were not broken. In these circumstances, a healthy young man of 33 years, of strong physique and good habits, could not have succumbed within so short a time. . He did become unconscious, and was taken down from the cross in that condition, his wounds were treated with an ointment that the disciples had already prepared in view of Divine prophecies, and which has since been known as the Ointment of Jesus. His body was wrapped in a linen cloth fourteen feet and three inches long, and four feet and seven inches wide and was laid in a spacious rock-hewn chamber. He was so ministered unto that, despite having undergone severe physical suffering, and his still fresh wounds, he was soon able to go about his normal life. . It is worthy of note that the Ointment of Jesus is not mentioned in any of the books of medicine that were compiled before the event of the crucifixion, but it is mentioned in more than a thousand authoritative medical books, compiled after the event of the crucifixion with the explanation that it had been prepared for Jesus. The authors of these books belong to all religious denominations. Millions of people have had access to these books and the world of Christianity has known of this ointment over the centuries and has made use of it, and is thus a silent witness that this ointment was prepared for use on the body of Jesus. . The disciples of Jesus bear witness that a few days after the event of the crucifixion they beheld, on the physical body of. Jesus, the marks of the wounds and injuries that had been inflicted upon him in the course of the process of crucifixion. . They beheld only the physical body of Jesus, and did not observe any glorified manifestation. . There is the evidence of the disciples that Jesus travelled in their company for a few miles on his way to Galilee, and that, at their request, he passed a night with them at Emmaus. . The disciples bear witness that Jesus was at that time hungry, and asked them for food, and was given broiled fish and a honeycomb to eat. This also confirms that he was then in his physical body, and had not discarded it for a spiritual, or a glorified, manifestation. 26