Sermon Tone Analysis

Pilate had Jesus flogged.

In the form of flogging that Jesus received from the Roman soldiers would have had him stripped and tied to a post.

Then beaten with a leather whip with pieces of bone or metal in it.

It would tear off the flesh when the whip was pulled back.

This sometimes resulted in the victim’s death but it was rare because the soldiers mastered this and knew when to stop just before death.

The soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on Christ head.

Put a purple robe on Him, the color of royalty, as they mocked and slapped Him.

The chief priests, officials and the crowd shouted, “Crucify!

Crucify!”

John 19:17

“It is finished.”

Not an unusual term in those days.

The crowd there would have understood what Jesus meant when they heard Him cry out… “tetelestai”

This word may be unfamiliar to us, but is was used by various people in those days.

A servant would use it when reporting to his or her master, “I have completed the work assigned to me”

Christ served the father and completed the work that was assigned to Him.

When a priest examined an animal sacrifice and found it faultless, he would use this word.

Jesus is the perfect Lamb of God, without spot or blemish.

Perhaps the most meaningful meaning of tetelestai was that used by the merchants: “The debt is paid in full!” I’ve read that there are actual papyri receipts for taxes that have been recovered with the word tetelestai written across them, meaning “paid in full.”

When Christ gave Himself on the cross, Jesus fully met the righteous demands of a holy law; He paid our debt in full.

None of the Old Testament sacrifices could take away sins; their blood only covered sin.

When the Lamb of God shed His blood, that blood can take away the sins of the world.

When Jesus said, “It is finished!”,

“tetelestai”, He did not say “I am finished.”

He shout it with great victory.

Paid in full!

Through the blood of Christ you can also be victorious!

Communion

1 Corinthians

The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is given for us.

Let us eat together.

1 Corinthians

The blood of our Lord Jesus Christ through which we have the forgiveness of sins.

Let us drink together.