Exposit | Ep. 48 | John 19:1–30 | Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?

In John 19:1–30, we come to the darkest and most significant scene in the Gospel of John: the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

John takes us from the scourging and mocking of Jesus, to Pilate’s repeated attempts to release Him, to the final sentence of crucifixion, and ultimately to Jesus declaring, “It is finished.”

But John is not simply giving us a tragic account of an innocent man being executed. Throughout the narrative, the irony is unmistakable: the Roman governor declares Jesus the King, soldiers unknowingly crown Him, and the Jewish leaders reject their Messiah while proclaiming their allegiance to Caesar.

And at the center of it all stands the cross.

In this episode, we walk carefully through John 19: ...