John 18:32
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
John 18:32. That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
Crucifixion was a Roman, not a Jewish method of capital punishment, so God overruled the wanton wickedness of the worst of men for the accomplishment of his own eternal purposes, without, however, diminishing their responsibility and guilt in the least degree. It was "by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God" that Christ was put to death, yet it was "with wicked hands" that they took him, and crucified him.