約翰福音全書最凸出的是各各他的十字架（約2：4、21、22； 7：6、39；11：51、52；12：16），他對釘十架的記載和別的福音書作者十分相近，雖然他增加了一些其他福音書沒有的細節，但約翰不只是嘗試創新，他更重真實：「但記這些事要叫你們信耶穌是基督，是上帝的兒子。並且叫你們信了祂，就可以因祂的名得生命」（約20：31）。

        你曾在一個月中，一口氣讀了四次耶穌的生平嗎？
        關於釘十字架的事件是最熟悉的了！也許太熟悉了，猶大賣主、彼得否認、彼拉多妥協、群眾狂暴、荊棘冠冕、釘痕的手、流血的肋旁，超過人能想像的痛苦與煎熬……言語難以表達完全的大愛！
        在你要結束福音書的研究時，願你的心為上帝兒子賜下這份無與倫比的禮物湧流出不斷的感謝，或許以撒華特這首熟悉的歌曲可以幫助你感恩！
        試看主頭主足主手，慈愛憂愁和血而流，
        如此愛憂自古焉有？荊棘反成榮耀冕族。
        若得萬物獻主為報，難償深恩仍嫌微小，
        主愛如此聖善奇妙，合獻身心全力圖效。

沉默有時不是金
        只有福音書對羅馬十字架酷刑的過程描述得那麼清楚—沉默其實是酷刑中猙獰的一部分，請讀詩篇二十二篇一到二十一節，對耶穌在十字架上忍受身體、心靈和屬靈的折磨有一番詳盡描述。

基督釘十字架是亙古以來最重要的一件事，所有的事都以它為中心。

English

        John's vantage point throughout his gospel has been the cross of Calvary (2:4, 21-22; 7:6, 39; 11:51-52; 12:16). His account of the Crucifixion parallels closely that of the other gospel writers, though he does include certain unique details. But rather than trying to be creative, John writes to be convincing "that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God;
and that believing ye might have life through his name" (20:31).

        You have read it about four times in the space of a single month, but have you read it... really? The emotion-filled events of the Crucifixion are familiar to most. Perhaps too familiar. Judas' betrayal . . . Peter's denial . . . Pilate's concession .. . the crowd's frenzy ... the rough-hewn cross... the nail-pierced hands . .. the bleeding side ... pain and suffering beyond human imagination ... love no words can adequately express.
        As you close your reading of the Gospels this month, let your heart overflow with gratitude for the unspeakable gift of God's Son. Perhaps Isaac Watts's familiar refrain will help you in the process:
        See, from His head, His hands. His feet,
        Sorrow and love flow mingled down;
        Did e'er such lave and sorrow meet,
        Or thorns compose so rich a crown ?
        Were the whole realm of nature mine.
        That were a present far too small;
        Love so amazing, so divine,
        Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Silence Is Not Golden but Crimson
        Nowhere do the Gospels give a detailed description of the process of Roman crucifixion—a silence due in part to the grisly nature of the execution. Read Psalm 22:1-21 for a graphic depiction of the physical, mental, and spiritual torture Jesus endured on the cross.

The crucifixion of Christ is the pivot around which all the events of the ages revolve.