Without a lot of explanation, the picture, or sign, of a lamb immediately impresses us with the meekness, gentleness, and sinlessness of the Lord who gave Himself up for us. So John uses pictures, or signs, throughout his Gospel to help us grasp these realities.įor instance, in John 1:29 John the Baptist says of Jesus, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” We know the Lord Jesus isn’t literally a lamb with four legs and a fluffy coat, but the picture of Jesus as the Lamb of God shows us something beyond what words alone can tell us. Spiritual realities are profound they can be hard to understand. When we consider the details in John’s account of the Lord’s crucifixion, we have to keep that emphasis in mind. The emphasis of the Gospel of John is life.
But in John 19:31-34, details are recorded that don’t appear in the other three accounts: Calloway’s legal team that they said was taken by his girlfriend, Tamia Caldwell, two police officers can be seen running up a staircase - one holding a baton, the other a Taser.In the New Testament, all four Gospels give the account of the crucifixion of Jesus.
Calloway “ran up the stairs and locked himself in his room.” Just before 8 p.m., a second officer, referred to only as Richardson, arrived at the house, where the two ultimately “made entry by kicking in the front door,” said the affidavit, adding that Mr.
#Bloodied jesus sitting next to a downcast man driver#
Calloway stopped in a driveway, where he “jumped out of the driver seat and started running to the house while reaching into his pockets.” Calloway, who, the affidavit says, was “refusing to stop.” Eventually, documents say, Mr. Jackson, “attempted to initiate a traffic stop,” but was unsuccessful. Zone.Īn Oakland police officer, referred to in court documents only as D. He then “sped away,” documents say, reaching 32 miles per hour in a 20 m.p.h. Calloway “failed to stop at the stop sign, and did not stop until he was in the turn” for another street. According to the affidavit, about 7:30 p.m.