The Suffering and Sacrifice of Jesus: A Detailed Examination

The Physical Agony of Jesus: 36 Hours Without Rest:

By the time Jesus was crucified, He had been awake for approximately 36 hours without any rest. The Gospels frequently mention that Jesus was an early riser, often beginning His day in prayer. (Mark 1:35) There is no reason to assume that the day of His Last Supper was any different. He likely rose early that morning, spent the day teaching and ministering, and later shared His final meal with His disciples in the upper room. (Luke 22:7-25)

Following the supper, Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-50) and taken through the streets of Jerusalem, undergoing multiple trials before religious and political authorities. By daybreak, He was sentenced to crucifixion. He was then hung on the cross and endured hours of suffering before His death. From the moment He awoke to the moment He took His last breath, nearly 36 hours had passed without sleep or respite.

Few consider the physical toll Jesus endured during this time. He was led back and forth between the chief priests, Herod, and Pilate, covering an estimated two and a half miles through the city. Additionally, historical accounts suggest that He carried His cross nearly a third of a mile before collapsing under its weight. These extreme physical exertions, combined with exhaustion, immense stress, and brutal scourging, added to the suffering He bore on His path to the cross.

Hematidrosis: The Rare Condition Jesus Faced in Gethsemane

The next thing I want to talk about is a phenomenon called Hematidrosis, a rare medical condition that has been documented only around 106 times in global medical literature. It only occurs in individuals experiencing extreme stress and agony.

In Hemathidrosis, a person’s sweat glands excrete blood rather than the usual perspiration. Each sweat gland is surrounded by small capillaries, and under intense pressure, these capillaries rupture. As they burst, blood is released into the sweat glands, leading to the appearance of blood instead of sweat.

The Bible offers a powerful description of this phenomenon, stating that Jesus' sweat became as drops of blood. (Luke 22:44) Every pore of His body oozed blood. Jesus was a man just as any one of us. He had the Spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10) dwelling within him, and was in fellowship with the "Word." (Exodus 34:29, Matthew 17:2) He understood the immense fate awaiting Him. Jesus knew the task He was destined to fulfill on earth—the mission He had to complete. He knew he had to die as a subliminal God, that we needed to see SIN murder God. Still, he dreaded this agonizing death and torture that lay a few hours ahead of him, just as much as any of us would.

We know that Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, saying, “Father, if it’s Your will, let this cup pass from Me.” (Matthew 26:39) But he submitted his will to the Spirit within him. In that garden, Jesus experienced the greatest possible emotional and physical stress a human can endure, fully aware that He would soon face one of the most brutal and agonizing deaths in history.

But why didn’t Jesus bleed to death if His sweat glands were excreting blood? During that time in Israel, the days were warm while the nights were cold. The cool night air likely caused His damp skin—saturated with sweat and blood—to chill. This would have caused the capillaries to constrict, minimizing the blood loss. By the time Jesus was taken by the soldiers from the Garden of Gethsemane, His body was likely covered with a mixture of sweat and blood, a sight that must have been utterly harrowing to witness.

Christ's Subliminal Power: A Prophetic Warning for Today

I can only imagine the comforting words Christ spoke to him, assuring him that his agony was almost over. This thought process is not something we talk about in religious organizations today, I know. I have just CLEARLY separated the Spirit from the man as two separate entities. Jesus also separated himself from Christ in the story of Mark 5. (Mark 5:19) 

Mark 5:19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”

I too can hear His AUDIBLE WORD, so I know Christ would have spoken to Jesus just as He did Samuel. Jesus' entire ministry was about THE WORD, and people thought he was crazy, which is what got him killed. Do you have any idea how long Christ has been heartbroken? How many times He has been thrown away? Over and over again. 

1 Samuel 8:7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Hear thou the voice of the people in all things that they speak to thee; for they have not thrown thee away, but me, (so) that I reign not upon them.

 (The word of God came to the Prophets and spoke audible words.)

During Samuels first encounter with The Word, we are told The Word had not yet been revealed to him. He thought it was Eli, calling out his name audibly. 1 Samuel 3:7

1 Samuel 3:1-10 The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, “Here I am.” And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”But Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down. Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” “My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

I need to remind you of Christ's language: IT IS SUBLIMINAL. And Jesus was our SUBLIMINAL GOD. Just as The Ark was a SUBLIMINAL GOD. (1 Samuel 4:7) 

1 Samuel 4:6-8 Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?” When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, the Philistines were afraid. “A god has come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before. We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

Christ knows what He is doing. But The Father that Jesus spoke to, the Spirit that showed him things, IS CHRIST. (John 8:38) "The Same Spirit" that spoke to Moses, Samuel and all the other prophets. (1 Peter 1:11) Jesus was not the only person to have Christ in him. Christ is THE SAME Spirit that John the Baptist had as well. He is the light that LIVES IN ALL OF US. 

John 1:1-9 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

Before the story of Jesus, The Word was GOD, in the story of Jesus, The Word was The Father so that the source of POWER could be The Son (Jesus was the source of POWER, just as The Ark was, and also Moses rod that turned into a Viper. But WHO really is the Power? CHRIST IS. In all of the stories, the POWER was really CHRIST.) and after the story of Jesus, we call Him the Holy Spirit. ALL ONE SPIRIT. The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. HE IS CHRIST.

We needed to see Jesus die as GOD. Because SIN murdered GOD. A SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE. SIN will do just that in the near future. The Man of Sin - The Offspring of the Viper - Artificial Intelligence will murder GOD. (Ezekiel 37:19-22) Covid-19, we have been warned. 

When THE SON/CHRIST was captured in Egypt, - "Let my Son go." - THE FATHER/CHRIST sent 10 Plagues to free His SON/CHRIST. When The Ark, a subliminal God - SON/CHRIST - was captured by the Philistines in 1 Samuel, THE FATHER/CHRIST sent a plague similar to the Bubonic Plaque to free His SON/CHRIST. I am telling you, THE SON/CHRIST is in danger, and that is why THE FATHER/CHRIST sent Covid-19. "Let my Son go." 

That source of POWER that is THE SON/CHRIST, created life. What is THE VIPER doing with our CAPTURED GOD'S POWER NOW? (Covid-19, "Let my Son go.") He is creating life! - AI and HUMANIOD ROBOTS! CAN YOU NOT SEE WHAT I AM FIGHTING FOR? 

The Brutal Scourging of Jesus: A Deep Look into His Suffering

Let’s discuss the brutal scourging that Jesus endured. Scourging was an incredibly cruel form of torture that Roman citizens were spared from; only slaves and foreigners could be subjected to it. It was one of the most horrific punishments the Romans could inflict on the human body. Typically, the victim was stripped naked, tied by the wrists to a post or wall, with their back fully exposed. They were then whipped by two Roman legionnaires, one on each side, who alternated delivering blows from the back of the arms down to the shoulders and back, across the buttocks, down the legs, and even to the heels.

Historical records state that the traditional scourging consisted of 39 lashes. (Deuteronomy 25:3, 2 Corinthians 11:24) Picture two large, muscular Roman legionnaires—comparable in size and strength to modern-day professional football players—each wielding a whip with a wooden handle about 18 inches long. The whip had nine leather thongs, akin to a modern-day "Cat O’ Nine Tails."

Each thong was six to seven feet long, with lead shot attached to the ends—similar to fishing sinkers—and pieces of sheep and cattle bone. The purpose of the bones was to cause deep, painful lacerations as the legionnaires snapped their wrists, allowing the weight of the lead to dig into the skin. The bone pieces would tear through the surface of the skin, lifting small shards of muscle out from beneath. With each lash, the bone would tear at the muscle, leaving strips of muscle hanging through the skin.

A single lash would result in a cut about two inches long and three-quarters of an inch deep. In medical terms, that’s a wound that would require roughly 20 stitches to close. With every strike, nine cuts were inflicted—equivalent to about 180 stitches for each blow. ONE SWING ALONE. Multiply that by 39 lashes, and the total would be around 2,000 stitches to close the wounds from the scourging alone. This illustrates the extreme physical trauma Jesus experienced during this punishment.

You may wonder, “Why didn’t Jesus bleed to death?” Again, the cool night air played a significant role. The cold temperatures caused blood vessels to constrict, minimizing blood loss.

The lead weight and bones in the whip were designed to tear away the muscle. Imagine having a wound where an inch of muscle is pulled out through the skin and exposed to the air, much like a stab wound where the muscle is forcibly pulled through the cut. This created deep, open wounds that exposed flesh and muscle. The purpose behind the scourging was to leave the victim vulnerable and defenseless when they were later placed on the cross. In Jesus' case, the exposed muscle would have been an easy target for birds, which could land and pick at the torn flesh, much like a robin pulling a worm from the ground.

The severity of the scourging determined how long someone might survive on the cross; sometimes victims were beaten to the point of near death before they were even crucified. This punishment was also meant for public humiliation, as it was one of the most dehumanizing methods of torture used by the Romans.

We know that Jesus was mocked and beaten in the face and head. By the time He was crucified, His eyes were almost certainly swollen shut, and His nose would have been pouring blood. Given the force of the blows from the strong legionnaires, His lips would have been torn, likely like paper, and His teeth either loosened or knocked out.

You might wonder, “Were His jawbones broken?” Typically, they would have been, but in Jesus' case, they were not. I’ll explain why shortly.

The Crown of Thorns: A Symbol of Agony and Humiliation

During Jesus' trials and humiliation, a crown of thorns was crafted and pressed onto His head. These thorns were about one to two inches long and as sharp as an ice pick. The custom was to take a small reed, about three or four feet long, and strike the thorns into the victim’s skull, driving them deep.

The thorns, when pressed onto His head and hammered in, were forceful enough to puncture the outer bone of the skull. Imagine the pain and bleeding from hundreds of puncture wounds in the scalp and forehead—each one causing excruciating agony.

By the time Jesus was led to the cross, His face was already battered and swollen. His eyes were likely shut, His nose bloodied, and remember, every pore in His body had wept blood. Every visible surface of His body was caked with it. His back, arms, buttocks, and legs were torn apart from the scourging. This was the condition Jesus endured even before He was given the cross to carry to Calvary.

Jesus' Endurance on the Cross: The Truth Behind His Death

Some believe Jesus died from shock or blood loss, but there’s nothing in the Gospels that suggests He was in shock before He died. How do we know this? When someone is critically injured—whether by a gunshot or car accident—they’re usually barely conscious. Their skin turns pale, their blood pressure plummets, and they often become unresponsive. But Jesus never lost consciousness. Throughout His trials, scourging, and even while on the cross, there is no indication in the scriptures that He was mentally incoherent or unable to stay conscious.

Let's talk about His physical resilience. The Bible describes Jesus as a healthy, strong man in His early 30s. He lived a tough life—without a home, walking long distances, and often enduring hardships. He was physically robust, much like someone who has withstood a rugged existence, and there’s no indication that He was frail or weak before the crucifixion.

Emotionally, Jesus certainly faced immense stress—especially in the Garden of Gethsemane—but there’s nothing in His words or actions on the cross that suggests He was mentally unraveling. Despite the intense suffering, He remained composed, showing no signs of emotional collapse.

Some suggest that Jesus died from cardiac arrhythmia, but when someone suffers from this condition, the heart’s ability to pump effectively decreases, leading to low blood pressure and loss of consciousness. Yet, the Gospels make no mention of Jesus losing consciousness until His final moments.

In every account, Jesus displayed remarkable endurance until the very end, keeping His consciousness clear and His will strong.

The Brutality and Humiliation of the Crucifixion

Let’s take a closer look at the cross. Historical accounts from both Corinthian and Roman sources reveal that the crosses used for crucifixions were typically made in two parts. The first part was the crossbar, which, based on detailed historical records, weighed between 125 to 150 pounds. It was roughly the size of a railroad tie—something many of us have either handled or seen on train tracks.

This was not a smooth, polished piece of wood, but rather a rough, unfinished beam, splintered and jagged, much like a railroad cross tie. Once the victim’s trial and condemnation were complete, the custom was for them to carry the crossbar through the city—from their place of judgment to the execution site—maximizing their suffering and shame.

The condemned would often be forced to stumble through the streets after being scourged and beaten, with the crossbar tied to their arms. To add to their humiliation, they were made to carry the cross naked. In today’s world, that would be an agonizing experience, but for Jesus, during that time, it was a deeply humiliating and tormenting ordeal.

The second part of the cross was the upright post—essentially a large post stuck in the ground. Every major city at the time had a designated area outside the city gates for carrying out crucifixions, a gruesome form of execution that was also treated as a form of public entertainment.

Once the victim arrived at the crucifixion site, they were thrown to the ground, and nails were driven through their hands to attach them to the crossbar. Two large forks, similar to pitchforks, were then placed under each end of the crossbar, lifting it and positioning it on top of the upright post. Once secured, the victim’s feet were nailed to the front of the upright post. The entire process was designed not only to execute, but also to humiliate and torment in front of the public.

The Excruciating Precision of Roman Crucifixion

The Romans perfected the art of crucifixion over centuries, honing their methods to maximize both pain and suffering. One of the most haunting aspects of this execution was the way they nailed the victim to the cross. How could a man endure spikes driven through his hands and feet without bleeding to death? 

The Romans figured out if they drove a spike through a man's wrist, right at the middle, they could avoid hitting any arteries or veins. And if you go back and look at the Hebrew word for hand, it's inclusive from the fingertips to about where your wristwatch crosses your wrist. 

So the hand didn't necessarily mean the palm. You cannot drive a spike through a man's palm and hang him by without pulling right out between his fingers. It's an acceptable medical fact that muscle in your palm is not strong enough to support your body weight. In order to be able to drive spikes through Jesus’ hands they had to drive them through at the wrist.

The Romans specifically aimed for the area where the crease of the wrist is located, avoiding major arteries like the radial artery (the one people often sever in suicide attempts) and the ulnar artery, which runs along the side of the little finger. Instead, the spike would strike the median nerve, the largest nerve in the hand. Those familiar with carpal tunnel syndrome know how agonizing even a slight irritation to this nerve can be. When the median nerve was pierced, the result was excruciating pain—like being repeatedly shocked by an electric cattle prod. This constant, searing pain caused the victim's fingers to curl into a claw-like shape.

The same strategy was used for the feet. The Romans carefully calculated where to drive the spikes between the first and second metatarsal bones, again missing the main arteries but ensuring maximum pain. The spike hit the plantar nerves, which sent the same brutal shock sensations through the feet, amplifying the torment of the victim.

By avoiding blood loss but strategically targeting the nerves, the Romans devised a way to maximize suffering while keeping the victim alive just long enough to endure their agony. This level of brutal precision was part of the reason crucifixion was such a horrific and effective form of execution.

The Agony of the Cross: Understanding Jesus' Suffering and Humiliation

Let’s talk now about Jesus hanging on the cross. When hanging by their arms, a crucifixion victim’s body weight causes their diaphragm to function like bellows. As the diaphragm drops into the abdomen it pulls in air. So, someone hanging on the cross had no difficulty whatsoever pulling air into their lungs. The tough part for people hanging on the cross was breathing out. In order for a crucifixion victim to exhale, they would have to pull up against the spikes with their arms and wrist and push up against the spikes with their feet. I want to remind you—here’s Jesus hanging on the cross, likely naked in front of the entire city of Jerusalem, and I’ve already described the condition of his back.

You see, every time Jesus took a breath, his tattered, lacerated and riddled back, was drug and scraped across the splinters, rough knobs and spikes protruding from the cross. Each time he breathed out, each time he uttered a word, he would pull up with his arms and push up with his legs. He couldn't say more than three or four words at a time. Because when you talk, you only talk as you breathe it out, not as you breathe in.

See every word Jesus spoke on the cross was spoken as he was pulling up against the nails with his arms, and pushing up with his feet, dragging his back against the rough splinters protruding from the cross. What did he say? He said, “Behold your son”. And then he said, “Behold your mother”. Jesus knew he was just about finished in this world. Finally, he said, “It is finished”, and when he said, “It is finished”, that's the last time he pulled up with his hands and pushed up on his feet. Dragging his back across the cross as he hung there naked before the city of Jerusalem in total shame and humiliation, convicted, tortured and condemned for standing boldly for the TRUTH. For His testimony of The Spirit of Prophecy. The audible Word of Christ.

Revelation 19:10 For the witnessing of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. WYC 1382

If you go back and look at historical counts, you find that people actually lived on the cross, crucified for up to six days. If you can, imagine a man hanging on a cross outside the gate from a city with the birds pecking in his eyes, and roosting on his head, picking at his exposed skeletal muscles as he hangs there naked as a spectacle for the whole city to see.

That was the point of this. It was part of the shame and humiliation that a man hang there so people could come by for a day or two and stand. mock, jeer and shout accusations, railings and blasphemy at him. The idea was to make him suffer as much as possible. Crucifixion was never intended to kill anybody. It was only intended to make a human being suffer as much as could be inflicted upon him before killing him by breaking his legs.

The Crucifixion and the Mystery of Jesus’ Death

Yet, Jesus didn’t die from crucifracture or from exhaustion asphyxia either. Crucifracture is what they would do when they simply grew tired of watching this agony and suffering, or when they had something better to do and wanted to end the crucifixion. Pay attention: Crucifracture - crucifixion. 

They would take a spear and swing it like a ball and bat and hit the victim in the shins to break the shin bones. They would break the tibula and then the fibula bone. And many times, they would have to beat the legs for 5 or 10 minutes until they could finally break the shin bones. It takes a lot of force to break your shin bones. With the shin bone broken the victim can no longer push up to breathe.

Why didn't they break Jesus's legs? If you go look at Psalms 34:20 it says, not a bone of His body is broken. This is why Jesus' jaws, nose and cheekbones should have been broken but couldn't have been. Psalms 34:20 wouldn't let that take place. And that's why the Roman Centurion didn't break his legs, because the Bible says, not a bone of His body is broken. And that was totally uncharacteristic of the crucifixion. Because that's how many of the crucifixion victims died. When they grew tired of you and got bored with the situation, they would break your legs. Then in about four to six minutes and you'd smother to death. Because you can no longer push up with your legs.

You would lay there sagging, unable to breathe out. And you were asphyxiated in about four to six minutes. That's how the two thieves died. But Jesus was dead already. What happens in John 19? What did they do when they went to the first thief? (John 19:32) The Roman Centurion broke his legs. What did he do when he went to the second thief? He broke his legs. But when the Centurion went to Jesus, the Bible says he was dead already. (John 19:33)

Now why would a young healthy man be dead after being on the cross for six hours? There's absolutely no medical explanation for it at all. Jesus had no business being dead at this point. He should have been alive just like the other two. He wasn't beaten to the point of death and his blood loss was minimal, and we know he wasn't in shock, because every word he said on the cross made sense. (John 19:26-27)

He identified his mother's standing at a distance from the foot of the cross. He was able to see enough to identify her and to identify one of the disciples as well. And everything he said was coherent. He was not out of his mind, and he was not having a nervous breakdown. And he wasn't even in shock from blood loss. Jesus was perfectly coherent and sane up until the moment he died.

When the Centurion saw that Jesus was dead already, he thrust the spear into Jesus’ side. The Bible says in Zechariah 12:10, that they may look upon him whom they pierced. The spear thrust was a biblical prophecy fulfilled. And that was why Jesus was already dead. See Christ had a plan, we were to look upon the one they had pierced. Spear piercing was uncharacteristic of the crucifixion as well. Zachariah had to be fulfilled. And the Bible says, blood and water came out of Jesus side after the spear was thrust in.