Peep of Day, Lesson 43: The Soldiers (19:32-37)
John 19:32-37
AT last the soldiers came to see if Jesus and the two thieves were dead, so that they might bury them before it was dark. The soldiers looked at one thief, and they saw he was not dead. So they broke his legs, and that killed him. Then they looked at the other thief, and they saw he was not dead. So they broke his legs too.
Then they looked at Jesus. They saw He was dead, so they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers took a long stick with a sharp point at the end, called a spear, and put it in His side. And out of Jesus’ side blood and water came flowing out onto the ground. John was standing nearby, and he saw the blood.
Do you remember how Jesus, at supper the night before, had poured wine into a cup and said to the disciples, ‘This is My blood, which is shed for many’?
Now His blood was poured out. The spear made a hole in Jesus’ side. There was a hole in His side, and a hole in each hand, and a hole in each foot, and His forehead was pricked with thorns, and His eyes had shed many tears, and blood had come from His skin. All this He suffered for people who have sinned, just like we have, so that God might forgive them their sins. 1
Questions
How did the soldiers kill the thieves?
Why did they kill them so soon?
Why did the soldiers not break Jesus’ legs?
What did they put into Jesus’ side?
What is a spear?
What came out of His side?
What had Jesus poured out once at supper, when He said, ‘This is My blood’?
Why did Jesus shed His blood on the cross?
What takes away sin?
A verse from the Bible for you to learn:
The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 John 1:7.