Apr. 13, 2025

“The Cross”
John 19:16-30
Central Idea: Jesus completes the work of salvation with His death
on the cross.
1. Jesus taken to the place of crucifixion (16-17)
• located just ___________ the city of Jerusalem
• Jesus was made to carry the cross’s ________________.
2. Jesus is crucified (18)
• four qualities the Romans prized in an execution:
• _______/_________ death/_______ spectacle/______________
• death came by way of ____________ causes
• The physical suffering of death on a cross was _____________.
3. Pilate and the religious leaders spar (19-22)
• common practice: post the _______ and ___________
• Pilate also again _____________ the religious leaders.
• ironically it was the _________
4. Jesus’ clothes divided by the soldiers (23-25a)
• common practice: clothing became the _________ of the soldiers
• What John is saying without saying it: Jesus ______ on the cross
• Psalm 22:18 - ________ years earlier David predicted this event.
• Jesus dies naked on a cross while providing those who believe
in Him with clothes of __________________.
5. Jesus’ care for His mother (25b-27)
• The language Jesus used here was ________ and quite similar to
the terms used commonly in _____________ proceedings.
• Even while He was performing the great work of redemption,
Jesus was ___________ to His responsibilities as a son.
6. Jesus thirsts and drinks (28-29)
• Jesus is ________________ carrying out His Father’s plan.
• previous 24 hours of Jesus’, life _____ OT Scriptures fulfilled.
• Jesus has been ___________ by the Father when He becomes
our sin sacrifice.
• Now He seeks spiritual _______________ with the Father again.
7. Jesus’ death (gives His life) (30)
• The action of verse 30
• Jesus is giving up His life of His own ____________.
• The significance of verse 30: It is finished!
• Jesus was simply saying that what He had been ________ to do
on this earth by His father, He had ________.
• He referred to the fact that His death had _________ _________
all that God demanded for the forgiveness of sinners.
Application:
• While Jesus is physically dying on the cross, as any human being
_______, Jesus is also spiritually saving us, like only God _______.
• From the ___________ point of view what we see happening is
the brutal __________ of an innocent man.
• From God’s point of view:
• God the Father: the cross was a propitiation = an offering that
completely ______________ God - (Romans 3:25-26)
• Jesus Christ: it was a ____________ & an __________ (Eph. 5:2).
• Believers: it was a __________________ (1 Peter 3:18).