The LORD our Passover

The Death of Jesus

parallel passages in Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41 and Luke 23:44-49

John 19:28-30 "After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished,(finished in the requirement of righteousness in the Mosaic Law, Psalms and the Prophets, the Temple veil, which was old was about to be rent* from top to bottom signifying its complication and fulfillment) that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to His mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost (His spirit, mans last breath)."
*It might be noted that this veil was massive in size and on it were the symbols of heaven and the mystical revelation of Christ in God revealed though not understood. This veil served as a separation between God and man, though the High Priest once a year would go behind it to worship, having a tether rope tied to his heel. With which if he was killed by God's presences they could retrieve his now dead body from behind the veil.

In Matthews account we find this in chapter 27 and verses 38-48; "Then were there two thieves crucified with Him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. They that passed by reviled Him, wagging their heads, and saying, You that destroys the temple, and builds it in three days, save Thyself. If You be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking Him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; He Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. He trusted God; let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him: for He said, I am the Son of God. 

The thieves also, which were crucified with Him, cast the same in his teeth." (Job 30:7-9, Psalm 35:15-16, Mark 15:32) 

Before I continue with this I want to look at Luke for the rest of the story in chapter 23 and picking up at verse 39 through 45 where it states this as a witness; “One of the malefactors which were hung with Him railed on Him, saying, If You be Christ, save Yourself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear God, seeing you are in the same condemnation? For we indeed justly deserve this our reward; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man has done nothing amiss. He said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom. To this Jesus said to him, Verily I say to you, To day shall you be with Me in paradise. And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the middle.”

Returning to our text we find this:

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me? 
 
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink.

Care of Jesus' body

John 19:31- 37 "The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.(Deuteronomy 21:22-23) Then came the soldiers, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with Him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that He was dead already, they broke not His legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. (Zechariah 13:1, 2-5; Revelation 1:5, 7:14) And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knows what he said to be true, that you might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, a bone of Him shall not be broken.(Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12, Psalm 22:14, 34:20, 35:10) And again another scripture said, They shall look on Him whom they pierced." (Psalm 22:16-17, Zechariah 12:10, Revelation 1:7) 

The Burial of Jesus

parallel passages in Matthew 27:57-61, Mark 15:42-47 and Luke 23:50-56.

John 19:38-42 "After this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulcher was nigh at hand."