Did Jesus Really Die?

Pastor Wilson Teo

- some believed he fainted and someone resuscitated
- some believed he fake death and escape later

Matthew 27:26-31
Pilate let Barabbas go free. But he had Jesus whipped. Then he handed him over to be nailed to a cross. The governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the palace, which was called the Praetorium. All the rest of the soldiers gathered around him. They took off his clothes and put a purple robe on him. Then they twisted thorns together to make a crown. They placed it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand. Then they fell on their knees in front of him and made fun of him. “We honor you, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on him. They hit him on the head with the stick again and again. After they had made fun of him, they took off the robe. They put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to nail him to a cross.


These roman whips made of thick leather with sharp bones and metal balls

Whipping done on back of body to cause deep cuts and wounds. Veins, tissues, ligaments, skeleton tissues broken.

Based in historical findings, those will go to state of shock termed hypovolemic shock which means losing large amounts of blood. Causing one to faint or collapses plus crave for fluid to replace large losses of lost blood

Jesus was already mortally wounded and in critical condition even before the crucifixion

7 inches long to drive through His feet

The word excruciating originated with the meaning of "out of the cross"

The force of Jesus' weight would have dislocated both his shoulders, adding further death

Media its called asphyxiation

How did Jesus died on the cross?
The weight pulls him down and the air he breathes in stops at the lungs. To breathe out he needs to push himself up fro the nail wound. Eventually exhaustion took over and jc does not have strength on the cross anymore to push himself to breathe further. Medically the fluid around the lung and heart which look like water,, when a soldier pierce his side with spear and came out blood and water.

John 19:33-34
But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead. So they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus’ side. Right away, blood and water flowed out.

Jesus did not survive the cross and his death can be medically proven

We cannot see dinosaurs today but we can see fossils

The earlier evidence of Jesus' resurrection was found in an ancient manuscript written within 20 years after Jesus resurrection.


1 corinthians 15:3-8
What I received I passed on to you. And it is the most important of all. Here is what it is. Christ died for our sins, just as Scripture said he would. He was buried. He was raised from the dead on the third day, just as Scripture said he would be. He appeared to Peter. Then he appeared to the 12 apostles. After that, he appeared to more than 500 brothers and sisters at the same time. Most of them are still living. But some have died. He appeared to James. Then he appeared to all the apostles. Last of all, he also appeared to me. I was like someone who wasn’t born at the right time.

Paul stated different groups of people witnessed Jesus, and at one time to 500

Psycologist would say mass hallucination is Impossible. People see him at different time and different location is impossible.

Thomas came all the way from Israel to Asia, southern state of India.

11 of them died as martyrs and the remaining one died as an exile on the Greek island of Patmos.


Death of 2 of the 11 martyrs. Cephas was crucified in Rome cos he testified of Jesus Christ fiercelessly.. he requested to be crucified upside down cos he felt unworthy

Thomas was pierced to death who openly testified of Jesus Christ crucifixion even though he was warned

Why would anyone die for a lie after 30 years?


Jesus death and resurrection impacted the twelve disciples so profoundly that they would die willingly for Jesus.

Christ resurrection shows us that in the same way, He will resurrect us when our time ends on this earth.