The Ironies of the Last

Hours of the Savior’s Life

By
Roy Huff
Irony

 Irony—Definition
– An incongruity between the actual result
of a sequence of events and the normal
or expected result.
The Price of a Slave

 Exodus 21:32
“If the ox shall push a manservant or a
maidservant; he shall give unto their
master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox
shall be stoned”
 Joseph was sold for the price of a
slave his age, Christ was sold for the
price of a slave His age.
The Price of a Slave

 Matthew 27:9
– “Then was fulfilled that which was spoken
by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they
took the thirty pieces of silver, the price
of him that was valued, whom they of the
children of Israel did value.”
Barabbas

 Bar/Ben = son of Benjamin

 Ab = father Abram, Abraham
 El = The name of God Daniel, Samuel
 -im = plural marker Urim, cherubim
 Beth = house Bethel, Bethlehem
 Abba = intimate name of Father/dad
Barabbas

 Abel = God is the Father

 Bethlehem = House of Bread
 Benjamin = Son of my right hand
 Barnabas= Son of consolation
 Urim and Thummim = Lights and
Perfections
 Abraham = Father of a multitude
Barabbas

 Barabbas = the Son of the Father

 The people were saying the right

name, but pointing to the wrong
person!
He was buried in a
borrowed Tomb
 At His birth, there was “no room in the
inns”
 “The foxes have their holes, the birds
their nests, but the Son of Man hath
not to lay his head”
 Had no sepulchure. He has come full
circle—no home at birth or death.
He was buried in a
borrowed Tomb
 The irony: He who created worlds
without number, had no place on earth
to call home.
 Abraham 3:11-12
– “Thus I, Abraham, talked with the Lord,
face to face, as one man talketh with
another; and he told me of the works
which his hands had made;
He was buried in a
borrowed Tomb
 “And he said unto me: My son, my
son (and his hand was stretched out),
behold I will show you all these. And
he put his hand upon mine eyes, and I
saw those things which his hands had
made, which were many; and they
multiplied before mine eyes, and I
could not see the end thereof.”
Mocked as a King

 Crown of Thorns
 Reed in His right hand
 Scarlet/Purple robe
 Bowed the knee
 Hail, King of the Jews
 Sign above His head on the cross
– INRI—Jesus of Nazareth, King of the
Jews
Gethsemane

 Means “Oil Press”

 Virgin press first produces oil that is
red in color
Aceldama

 The Field of Blood

 Adam means red, blood and earth
– Magen-Adam-David=The Red Star of
David
– Edom was Esau, who was red in color
– Blood is spilt in both Aceldama and
Gethsemane
Aceldama = Blood

 Matthew 27:24-25
– “I am innocent of the blood of this just
person, see ye to it.”
– Then answered all the people and said,
“His blood be upon us and our children.”
– Luke 22:44 “And his sweat was as it
were great drops of blood falling to the
ground.”
Betrayed with a Kiss

 A kiss is a sign of trust, love, loyalty,

friendship.

 Luke 22:48
– “Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man
with a kiss?”
Killed on His Birthday

 Jewish Calendar is a lunar based

calendar. They have 12 months, with
a 13th month put in 7x in a 19 year
cycle.
 Nisan 14 corresponds with April 6th in
our calendars.
Killed on His Birthday

Jesus Was Born in Bethlehem, April 6, 1 B.C.

 After summarizing the opinions of various
scholars in the matter of Christ’s birthday,
Elder James E. Talmage compares their
conclusions with modern revelation and
then affirms: “We believe that Jesus Christ
was born in Bethlehem of Judea, April 6,
B.C. 1 (Jesus the Christ, p. 104.)
Killed on His Birthday
 President Harold B. Lee:
 “This is the annual conference of the church. April 6, 1973, is a
particularly significant date because it commemorates not only
the anniversary of the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints in this dispensation, but also the anniversary
of the birth of the Savior, our Lord and Master, Jesus
Christ. [Quoted D&C 20: 1]” (CR, Apr. 1973 p 4)

 President Spencer W. Kimball:

 “My brothers and sisters, today we not only celebrate the
Sesquicentennial of the organizationof the Church, but also the
greatest event in human history since the birth of Christ on this
day 1,980 years ago. Today is Easter Sunday.”
– Dedication of the Fayette, NY buildings, April 6th, 1980
Killed on His Birthday

 The following chart, which is based on

our present calendar, may be helpful in
understanding the birthday of the
Lord.
Killed on His Birthday
 Easter, BD, pg. 659
– This word occurs only once in the Bible (Acts 12: 4) and
then would be better translated passover. The word Easter
is from Eastre, a Norse goddess whose pagan festival was
observed at the spring equinox. The association of this
pagan goddess with the celebration of the resurrection of
Jesus Christ was only be adaptation and synthesis. There
is no real connection. Jesus, being the Lamb of God, was
crucified at passover time and is the true Passover (see 1
Cor. 5: 7). He was raised from the grave on the third day
thereafter. It thus became a springtime anniversary, and
has come to be called Easter in the Christian world.
The Word vs. The Sword

 Peter uses a sword to defend Christ at

the Garden of Gethsemane
 Christ refers to His tongue as a “sharp
two-edged sword”
 The Power of His name
– “As soon then as he had said unto them,
I am he, they fell backward and fell to the
ground”
“If”

 Same word Satan used to tempt Christ three

times at the beginning of His ministry.
 Matthew 27:40-43
– If thou be the Son of God, come down from the
cross
– If he be the King of Israel, let him now come
down from the cross, and we will believe him.
– He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he
will have him.