How powerful is the cross so powerful that those who were there at the time blaspheming Jesus

in his face were redeemed.

And Acts 6-7 says many of the priests later came to faith in Christ.

They were forgiven.

And we'll see that the centurion who was in charge of the execution and some of his soldiers

said this is the son of God.

Welcome to Grace to You, the Bible teaching ministry of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

They were some of the worst members of society to have deserved execution by the Romans.

Yet one of these two criminals hanging on a cross next to Jesus received God's pardon.

And the other didn't. What made the difference? Find out today on Grace to You as John MacArthur continues a study that looks at critical and yet often overlooked details from Calvary.

It's titled The Divine Drama of Redemption.

And now with today's lesson, here's John.

Now we are in Mark chapter 15, and I want to read to you verses 22 down through verse 39.

Then they brought him to the place, Galgitha, which is translated place of a skull.

They tried to give him wine mixed with myrr, but he did not take it.

And they crucified him and divided up his garments among themselves, casting lots for them

to decide what each man

should take.

It was the third hour when they crucified him.

The inscription of the charge against him read, the king of the Jews.

They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left.

...