Christ died for our sins according to
the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures.
-1 Corinthians 15:3,4
Nothing is so central to Christianity
as the crucifixion of Christ. All the Gospel writers – Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John – describe the crucifixion with great detail. The rest of the New
Testament books interpret the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as the
very foundation and fabric of Christianity.
Two specialists, Drs. William Edwards
and Floyd Hosmer, at the Mayo Clinic became seriously interested in the medical
aspects of the crucifixion of Jesus. Their research was printed by the Journal
of the American Medical Association. These specialists examined the account,
concluding that death by crucifixion was the result of a combination of
physical causes. “The actual cause of death by crucifixion,” says the article,”
was multifactorial and varied somewhat with each case. But the most prominent
causes probably were hypovolemic shock and exhaustion asphyxia.”
“The important feature,” says
researchers,” may not be how Jesus died but rather whether he died. Clearly,
the weight of historical and medical evidence indicates that Jesus was dead
before the wound to His side was inflicted.”
The issue is a matter of historical
accuracy. Did Jesus Christ die at the hands of Roman soldiers outside the city
of Jerusalem on that day of infamy, or was the whole story a concocted
nightmare of some ignorant, disappointed fishermen? The New Testament states
the fact so clearly: “that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according
to the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3, 4)
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