At the age of 33, 
Jesus was condemned to the death penalty.
At the time 
crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst 
criminals condemned to be crucified. Yet it was 
even  more dreadful for Jesus, unlike 
other criminals condemned to death by 
crucifixion Jesus was to be nailed to the 
cross by His hands and feet. 

Each nail 
was 6 to 8 inches long

The nails 
were driven into His wrist.  Not 
into His palms as is commonly 
portrayed. There's a tendon in the wrist that 
extends to the shoulder.  The Roman guards knew 
that when the nails were being hammered into the 
wrist that tendon would tear and 
brake, forcing Jesus to use His back 
muscles to support himself so that He could 
breath.

both of his feet were nailed together.  Thus He was forced to 
support Himself on the single nail that 
impaled His feet to the cross.  Jesus could 
not support himself with His legs because of the pain 
so He was forced to alternate between arching His 
back then using his legs just to continue to 
breath.  Imagine the struggle, the pain, the 
suffering, the courage.

Jesus endured this 
reality for over 3 hours. 


Yes, 
over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of 
suffering?  A few minutes before He died, 
Jesus stopped bleeding. He was simply pouring water 
from his wounds. 


From common images 
we see wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound 
to His side.  But do we realize His wounds 
were actually made in his body.  A hammer 
driving large nails through the wrist, the feet overlapped 
and an even large nail hammered through the arches, then a 
Roman guard piercing His side with a spear.   But 
before the nails and the spear Jesus was whipped and 
beaten.  The whipping was so severe that it tore the 
flesh from His body.  The beating so horrific that His 
face was torn and his beard ripped from His face.  The 
crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp.  Most men 
would not have survived this torture. 
He had no more blood 
to bleed out, only water poured from His 
wounds. 
The 
human adult body contains about 3.5 liters 
(just less than a gallon) of blood. 
Jesus poured all 3.5 
liters of his blood; He had three nails hammered into His 
members; a crown of  thorns on His head and, beyond 
that, a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His 
chest. 
All these without 
mentioning the humiliation He passed after carrying His own 
cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his 
face and threw stones (the cross was almost 30 kg of weight, 
only for its higher part, where His hands were 
nailed). 
 Jesus had 
to endure this experience, so that you can have free 
access to God. 
So that your sins 
could be "washed" away. All of them, with no exception! 
Don't ignore this situation. 
JESUS 
CHRIST DIED FOR YOU! 

For you, who now 
read this Do not believe that He only died for 
others (those who go to church or for pastors, bishops, 
etc). 
He died for you! It 
is easy to pass jokes or foolish photos  by e-mail, but 
when it comes to God, sometimes you feel ashamed to forward 
to others because you are worried of what they may think 
about you. 
Accept 
the reality, the truth that JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR 
THE WORLD. 
God 
has plans for you, show all your friends what He experienced 
to save you. Now think about this! May God bless your 
life! 

to appreciate the power of God in your life, for 
doing what pleases Him. 

He said (Matthew 10:32 & 33): "Everyone therefore 
who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge 
before My Father in heaven; but whosoever denies Me 
before others,  I also will deny before My 
Father in heaven".
 Yes, we love God.

He is our source of life and my Savior.

He keeps me alive day and night. 
 Without Him, I am 
nothing, but with Him "I can do all things through Him 
who strengthens me". Philippians 4:13. 
 This is the simple 
proof. trust 
in salvation through Christ Jesus,