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Jesus crucified (3)         [Mark 15:21-32]                       When Jesus was suffering on the cross, people laughed at Him, insulted Him, mocked Him, and cursed Him.   Who mocked, insulted, mocked, and cursed the crucified Jesus?   Those passing by insulted Jesus.   Look at Mark 15:29-30: “Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, ‘Ha!   You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself, and come down from the cross!’”   The chief priests mocked Jesus.   Look at Mark 15:31-32: “In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking Him among themselves and saying, ‘He saved others; He cannot save Himself.   Let this Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!’   Those who were cruci...

Jesus crucified (2)         [Mark 15:21-32]                        Mark 15:22-23 says, “Then they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.   They tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.”  Jesus did not receive the wine mixed with myrrh before He went to the place of the skull, that is, Golgotha, and was crucified.  This wine mixed with myrrh was given to those who were crucified as an anesthetic so that they could suffer lesser.  But Jesus did not take it because He did not want to get drunk with anesthesia.  The reason is because Jesus did not reduce the suffering in saving us but was willing to fully receive it.   Jesus suffered enough in this way to save us, who were worse than the robbers, and to become saints who resembled Jesus.   It is to the Lord's glory that Je...