When a detachment of soldiers fell back (John 18:6), Jesus could have fled. There were any number of ways in which He could have stopped being crucified. Common sense told everybody this. So why was He being crucified? The disciples couldn’t figure it out— they all forsook Him and fled (Matt. 26:56). Never once did Jesus explain Himself. It must have been almost unbearable emotional pain for Jesus to see Mary Magdalene sobbing her heart out at the scene of the cross and not be allowed to whisper to her, “It’s OK, Mary, all is going according to plan, I’m atoning for the sins of the world by My
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