I'm truth for life weekend.

We are following Jesus' journey to the cross. Today, Alistair Begg examines Jesus' final moments on the cross and the onlookers that surrounded him.

See if you can find your own face in the crowd.

We will begin reading at the 16th verse of John 19. Finally, Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus, carrying his own cross. He went out to the place of the skull which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

Here they crucified him and with him two others, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews.

Many of the Jews read this sign for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.

The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate. Do not write the King of the Jews but that this man claimed to be King of the Jews.

Pilate answered, what I have written, I have written.

When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them with the undergarment remaining.

This garment was seamless woven in one piece from top to bottom.

Let's not tear it, they said to one another. Let's decide by lot who will get it.

This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said, they divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

So this is what the soldiers did.

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Kloepas and Mary Magdalene.

When Jesus saw his mother there and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, dear woman, here is your son.

And to the disciple here is your mother. From that time on this disciple took her into his home.

Later knowing that all was now completed and so that the scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, I am thirsty.

A jar of wine vinegar was there so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hiss of plant and lifted it to Jesus' lips.

When he had received the drink, Jesus said it is finished with that he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Now it was the day of preparation and the next day it was to be a special Sabbath.

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