THE (SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS

At the  age of 33,
Jesus was condemned to the death penalty. 

At the time crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst criminals condemned to be crucified. Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus, for unlike other criminals condemned to death by crucifixion Jesus was nailed to the cross by His hands and feet, rather than tied...

Each  nail was 6 to 9 inches long. 
 

The  nails were driven into His wrist - not 
into His palms  as is commonly portrayed.

There's a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder. 

The Roman guards knew that when the nails

were being hammered into the wist,

that tendon would tear and break,

forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support himself,

so that He could breathe.

Both of His feet were nailed together.

Thus He was forced to support Himself on the single nail that 
impaled His feet to the cross.

Jesus could not support himself with His legs for long

because of the pain. So He was forced to alternate between

arching His back and using his legs just to continue to breath.

Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering, the courage. 


Jesus endured this reality for over 3 hours.  

Yes, over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of suffering?

A few minutes before He died, 
Jesus stopped bleeding. He was simply pouring water from his wounds. 

From common images we see wounds to His hands and feet

and even the spear wound to His side... 
But do we remember the many wounds 
made to his body?  A hammer driving large nails through the wrists,

the feet overlapped and a nail hammered through the arches.

Then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear.

And before the nails and the spear, Jesus was whipped and beaten. 

The whipping was so severe that it tore the flesh from His body.

The beating so horrific that His face was torn and his beard ripped from His face.

The crown of thorns (two to three inch thorns) cut deeply into His scalp.

Most men would not have survived this torture.  

He had no more blood to bleed out, only water poured from His wounds.  

The human adult body contains about 5 liters (just over a  gallon) of blood. 

Jesus  poured all 5 liters of his blood!
He had three nails hammered into His body, a crown of thorns on His head 

and beyond that, a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His side.

All  these without mentioning the humiliation He passed after carrying His own 
cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his 
face and threw stones (the cross beam was almost 66lbs of weight,

to which His hands were nailed). 

Jesus had to endure this experience, so that you may have free access to God. 

So that your sins can be "washed" away. 
All of them, with no exception! 
Don't ignore this.

JESUS 
CHRIST DIED...FOR YOU! 

For you, who now read this e-mail. 
Do not believe that He only died for others 
(those who go to church or for pastors, bishops, etc.). 

He died for you!

Accept  the reality, the truth, that 
JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE WORLD.  

God has special plans for YOU!
Share this with all your friends...
about what He went through to save you.
 May God bless you! 

For the next 60 seconds, 
set aside what you're doing and take 
this opportunity! Let's see if Satan can stop this. 


Take a moment to appreciate the power of God in your life,

as you do what pleases Him. 


Yes, I love God.

He is my source of life and my Savior. 
He keeps me alive and safe, both day and night.


Without Him, I am nothing,
but with Him "I can do all things through Him 
who strengthens me". Philippians 4:13.