188 Crucifixion or Cruci-fiction?living persons on the cross (like the “crossmates” of Jesus), the
breaking of the legs made all the difference between life and death,
The pagan Romans were not hell-bound to fulfil any prophecy
Their reason was that they
“SAW that he was dead already,
they brake not his legs." (HOLY BIBLE) John 19:33“ SAW ” is a very simple word. We may yet ask, what did they see?
Could it be the fulfilment of the words of Christ: “seeing, ye shall
see and shall not perceive" — (Matthew 13:14). When John says
that the soldiers “saw”, he means that they surmised. For no
modem-day stethoscope was used to verify death; nor did anyone
touch his body or feel his pulse before concluding that “ he was
already dead.” 1 see in the word “saw” another step in God’s
plan of rescue.
WEEKENDWORLD
CRUCIFIED
This man is not
being CRUCIFIED
as the newspaper
proclaimed but is
being CRUCI-
FICTED!1_________
Mr. Pieter van der Bergh is
lowered to the ground after
hanging on a cross for 20
minutes. Mr. van der Bergh,
a barman from Newcastle,
Natal, allowed himself to be
nailed to the cross last week
to prove ^hat man is master
over his body.”- See page 235 for explanation.