Sermon Tone Analysis

Synopsis

The death of Jesus Christ fulfils OT predictions and was clearly anticipated in his teaching.

The cross foreshadowed in the OT

See also Ge 3:15 ; Ps 22:6–7 ; Ps 22:16–18 ; Ps 31:5 ; Ps 69:21 ; Is 52:12–13 ; Zec 12:10 ; Zec 13:7

Genesis 3:15 (NIV) — 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Psalm 22:6–7 (NIV) — 6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

Psalm 22:16–18 (NIV) — 16 Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.

17 All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.

18 They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.

Psalm 31:5 (NIV) — 5 Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.

Psalm 69:21 (NIV) — 21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

Isaiah 52:12–13 (NIV) — 12 But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

13 See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

Zechariah 12:10 (NIV) — 10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication.

They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Zechariah 13:7 (NIV) — 7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the Lord Almighty.

“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Jesus Christ predicts his death on the cross

Jesus Christ’s first announcement of his death

Jesus Christ’s second announcement of his death

See also Mk 9:31

Mark 9:31 (NIV) — 31 because he was teaching his disciples.

He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.

They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.”

Jesus Christ’s third announcement of his death

Other allusions to the cross

In the teaching of Jesus Christ

See also Mt 20:22 ; Mt 26:2 ; Mk 2:19–20 ; Mk 10:45 ; Lk 9:44 ; Lk 22:42

Matthew 20:22 (NIV) — 22 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them.

“Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” they answered.

Matthew 26:2 (NIV) — 2 “As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

Mark 2:19–20 (NIV) — 19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?

They cannot, so long as they have him with them.

20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

Mark 10:45 (NIV) — 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Luke 9:44 (NIV) — 44 “Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.”

Luke 22:42 (NIV) — 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”

“lifted up” is used in John’s Gospel as a reference to the crucifixion:

John 18:11 (NIV) — 11 Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away!

Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”

In history

Mt 17:9–13 John the Baptist’s fate indicates what is to happen to Jesus Christ.

In the experience of Jesus Christ

Mt 26:12 Jesus Christ’s reaction to the woman anointing him seems to suggest that he will die the death of a criminal.

In the Lord’s Supper

God’s perfect timing for Jesus Christ’s death on the cross

See also Jn 7:6 ; Jn 7:8 ; Jn 7:30 ; Jn 8:20 ; Jn 13:1 ; Jn 17:1

John 7:6 (NIV) — 6 Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do.

John 7:8 (NIV) — 8 You go to the festival.

I am not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.”

John 7:30 (NIV) — 30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

John 8:20 (NIV) — 20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put.

Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

John 13:1 (NIV) — 1 It was just before the Passover Festival.

Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.

Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

John 17:1 (NIV) — 1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come.

Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.

The curse of the cross

Dt 21:22–23 To be nailed to a cross is the equivalent of being hanged on a tree.

See also Ac 5:30 ; Ga 3:10–13 ; 1 Pe 2:24

Acts 5:30 (NIV) — 30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross.

Galatians 3:10–13 (NIV) — 10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.” 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.” 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”

1 Peter 2:24 (NIV) — 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”