Quotes about Crucifixion

God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross.

Christ was not crucified so that we wouldn't have to be. He was crucified so we could be crucified with him.

We must put all our desires on the cross.

Categorical hatred is the hatred of the mob, which makes cowards brave. And there is nothing more fearful than a religious mob overflowing with righteousness, as at the crucifixion, and before, and since.

The crucifixion should never be depicted. It is a horror to be veiled.

Why is this important? Because it means the division between God and man has been abolished. Vanished. How? Because the great Jehovah, the One whose name may only be whispered once each year by the anointed high priest, had sent—yes, sent—his Son to be crucified. Why? How could the eternal Lord of all do such a thing?

The message of "falling" - failure, death, crucifixion, whatever you want to say - is not really that. Some sort of falling is really found in all the world's religions, just in different languages.

If Jesus is the Messiah, how could he be put to death?

When the crucified Jesus is called the image of the invisible God, the meaning is that THIS is God, and God is like THIS.

The narration of the facts is history; the narration of the facts with the meaning of the facts is doctrine. Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried--that is history. He loved me and gave Himself for me--that is doctrine. Such was the Christianity of the primitive Church.

The man who preaches the cross must be a crucified man.

Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men's sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ.