The “dogs” are all around me.\par That pack {\cf2\super [128]} of evil people\par has trapped me.\par Like a lion, \{they have pierced\}\par my hands and my feet.” {\cf2\super [129]} \par
John 19:18 - Easy To Read Version At Golgotha they nailed Jesus to the cross. They also put two other men on crosses. They put the men on each side of Jesus with Jesus in the middle. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There they crucified Him, and with Him two others–one on either side and Jesus between them. [Isa. 53:12.] American Standard Version (1901) where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. Common English Bible That’s where they crucified him—and two others with him, one on each side and Jesus in the middle. Catholic Public Domain Version There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, and Jesus in the midst. |
The “dogs” are all around me.\par That pack {\cf2\super [128]} of evil people\par has trapped me.\par Like a lion, \{they have pierced\}\par my hands and my feet.” {\cf2\super [129]} \par
For this reason, I will reward him among my people. He will have a share of all things with the people that are strong. \{I will do this for him\} because he gave his life for the people and died.
And in the same way, the robbers that were being killed on crosses beside Jesus also said bad things to him.
(This happened so that what Jesus said about how he would die would be true.)
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man on the cross beside Jesus. Then they broke the legs of the other man on the cross beside Jesus.
Jesus was given to you, and you killed him. With the help of bad men you nailed Jesus to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. This was God’s plan. God made this plan long ago.
The law put a curse on us. But Christ took away that curse. He changed places with us. Christ put himself under that curse. The Scriptures say, “When a person’s body is put (hung) on a tree, {\cf2\super [32]} that person is under a curse.” {\cf2\super [33]}
We should always follow the example of Jesus. Jesus is the leader in our faith. And he makes our faith perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But Jesus accepted the shame of the cross like it was nothing. He did this because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.