Death would then occur quicker. When they came to Jesus, He was already dead so they did not break His legs (John 19:33). Instead, the soldiers pierced His side (John 19:34) to assure that He was dead.
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Just before they did so, they noticed that Jesus was already dead and that there was no reason to break his legs ("and no bone will be broken"). To make sure that he was dead, a Roman soldier (named in extra-Biblical tradition as Longinus) stabbed him in the side.
Holy Lance, also called Spear of Destiny, Holy Spear, or Lance of Longinus, legendary relic that pierced the side of Christ at the Crucifixion. There are at least three reputed relics of the Holy Lance, though the Vatican does not claim authenticity of any of them.
The blood of Christ not only offers forgiveness of sin, but also sanctification. Hebrews 13:12 tells us that “Jesus also suffered…in order to sanctify the people through His own blood.” It makes sense that God wants us to be in a new relationship with the sin that previously condemned us.
He was wounded for our transgressions
The first part of this passage uses violent language to describe what Jesus underwent for our deliverance. He was crushed, pierced, and bruised under incredible stress and pain. Through it all, His suffering was not in vain. He restored us from our transgressions.
The word translated “pierced” literally means “to dig, or excavate.” Scripture commonly uses this word for digging a well (e.g., Genesis 26:25), or for cutting out a tomb in the rock (e.g., 2 Chronicles 16:14).
Bernard of Clairvaux ( d. 1153) said that the piercing of Christ's side revealed his goodness and the charity of his heart for humanity.
Although the Bible never mentions Christ's blood being preserved, Acts of Pilate - one of the apocryphal gospels - relates that Joseph of Arimathea preserved the Precious Blood after he had washed the dead body of Christ; legends of Joseph were popular in the early thirteenth century, connected also with the emerging ...
The believer is not only saved, redeemed, and justified by the blood of Christ, but the blood sets the believer free from the power of sin and makes him holy and enables him to grow in Christ likeness by the work of the Holy Spirit.
As mediator, the high priest was required to offer blood for his own sins but Christ Jesus, our Mediator, was sinless and did not need to sacrifice for His sins. The blood He shed was for the sins of all mankind.
Traditionally, the Immaculate Heart is depicted pierced with seven swords or wounds, in homage to the seven dolors of Mary and roses, usually red or white, wrapped around the heart.
To speed death, executioners would often break the legs of their victims to give no chance of using their thigh muscles as support. It was probably unnecessary, as their strength would not have lasted more than a few minutes even if they were unharmed.
Crown of Thorns, wreath of thorns that was placed on the head of Jesus Christ at his crucifixion, whereby the Roman soldiers mocked his title “King of the Jews.” The relic purported to be the Crown of Thorns was transferred from Jerusalem to Constantinople by 1063.
Why? Because Malchus job was to always go back to the High priest to report what he had seen and heard in the land. What Jesus did was literally put Malchus's authority and power back so he could go back and tell The High Priest, "This Jesus of Nazareth, whom we are trying to kill, put my ear BACK ON!"
Biography. According to extrabiblical tradition, Longinus is the name of the Roman soldier who stabbed the crucified Christ in the side with a lance to check whether he was dead. Since Christ had already died, water and blood came out of his wound (John 19:34).
Christian legend has it that Longinus was a blind Roman centurion who thrust the spear into Christ's side at the crucifixion. Some of Jesus's blood fell upon his eyes and he was healed.
As Hebrews 9:14 explains, the blood of Christ, shed for our sake, cleanses “our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!” For all who trust in Christ, we are washed in his blood, fully cleansed from sin so that we may serve him! Lord Jesus, you wash us and make us fully clean.
It is only the Blood of JESUS that has the capacity to take our sins away. The Blood of JESUS is spotless and sinless. It is only JESUS' Blood that has the REQUISITE QUALITY of Blood for our redemption and atonement. The Blood of JESUS is not the Blood of the fallen Adam, nor the blood of goats and demons.
Blood of Christ, also known as the Most Precious Blood, in Christian theology refers to the physical blood actually shed by Jesus Christ primarily on the Cross, and the salvation which Christianity teaches was accomplished thereby, or the sacramental blood (wine) present in the Eucharist or Lord's Supper, which some ...
DNA as proof of identity
For a start, no DNA test can prove that these were bits of John the Baptist, Jesus or any other specific person. We can't extract and analyse an unknown DNA sample and magically say that it belonged to this or that historical character.
Jesus' name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua.
In the year 629 A.D., the Cross was recovered and brought back to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius of Constantinople. The relic of the True Cross was then restored to its place in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
The heart typically is encircled horizontally with a crown of thorns. The thorns represent the stings caused by our sins. During Jesus' passion, the execution squad wove a crown of thorns and placed it on his head (Mt 27:29; Mk 15:17; Jn 19:2,5), and it represents all that Jesus suffered on our account. The Wound.
Infinite love
Third, but not least, the image of Jesus' heart outside his body symbolizes the fact that his love for us is infinite and can not be bound by any barrier. Pope Pius XII recalled this symbolism in his encyclical on Devotion to the Sacred Heart.
The sacred heart is one of the most revered symbols in Roman Catholicism, and it specifically represents Christ's love for mankind through his sacrifice on the cross for human sin. Christ's suffering is portrayed in the sacred heart with a knife going through it and a crown of thorns surrounding it.