Mark 15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. In one sense, Jesus died as our substitute. Now, what is a substitute. A substitute is one who suffers for or instead of another. A schoolboy feeble of body was brought up to the master's desk for breaking one of the laws of the school. In those days, the punishment at school was something like that which is given to garrotters in our prisons. The poor boy took off his clothes, and stood there with his thin body and his hones almost pushing through his skin. It was a pitiable sight, so poor and thin and wretched was that body! There was a great hush in the school! Then one of the leading boys sprang up with tears in his eyes, and in a moment almost tore his clothes from his back, and, while every boy wept, he stood before the master, saying, "Please, sir, he cannot bear it; I will take his punishment." (W. Birch.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.WEB: Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. |
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