The Death of Christ
28 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
16 sections
- Acceptable, As a Sacrifice to God
- Accompanied by Supernatural Signs
- Appointed by God
- Commemorated in the Ordinance of the Lord's Supper
- Demanded by the Jews
- Emblematical of the Death to Sin
- Foretold
- Inflicted by the Gentiles
- Mode of a Stumbling Block to Jews
- Mode of Accursed
- Mode of Exhibited his Humility
- Mode of Foolishness to Gentiles
- Mode of Foretold by Christ
- Mode of Ignominious
- Mode of Prefigured
- Necessary for the Redemption of Man
Acceptable, As a Sacrifice to God
- Matthew 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
Accompanied by Supernatural Signs
- Matthew 27:45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Matthew 27:51–53 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split. …
Appointed by God
- Isaiah 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Acts 2:23 He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
Commemorated in the Ordinance of the Lord's Supper
- Luke 22:19–20 And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” …
- 1 Corinthians 11:26–29 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. …
Demanded by the Jews
- Matthew 27:22–23 “What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!” …
Emblematical of the Death to Sin
- Romans 6:3–8 Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? …
- Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Foretold
- Isaiah 53:8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
- Daniel 9:26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will …
- Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
Inflicted by the Gentiles
- Matthew 27:26–35 So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified. …
Mode of a Stumbling Block to Jews
- 1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
Mode of Accursed
- Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Mode of Exhibited his Humility
- Philippians 2:8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death — even death on a cross.
Mode of Foolishness to Gentiles
- 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
Mode of Foretold by Christ
- Matthew 20:18–19 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death …
- John 12:32–33 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.” …
Mode of Ignominious
- Hebrews 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Mode of Prefigured
- Numbers 21:8 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
- John 3:14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
Necessary for the Redemption of Man
- Luke 24:46 And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
- Acts 17:3 explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
Related topics
DeathThe Death of Christ was VoluntaryThe Death of Christ in the Company of MalefactorsThe Death of Christ was UndeservedPunishments were Inflicted by SoldiersCruelty of Jews to Jesus
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.