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Jesus Christ and the Gospels

The Crucifixion

About AD 30–33 Golgotha, JerusalemNew Testament

WHAT HAPPENED

The event

Jesus was crucified outside Jerusalem, willingly giving His life after being condemned under Roman authority.

WHY IT MATTERS

Its place in the story

The cross stands at the center of the gospel: Christ bore sin, displayed God’s love, and opened the way of reconciliation.

RELATED SCRIPTURE · KJV

Read it in the Bible

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:”

John 11:25

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

John 1:1

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