Jesus was tested in God’s sovereignty by death
Jesus was tested in God's sovereignty by death (19:17-30). After being sentenced unjustly, He was crucified at Golgotha (19:17), which, in Latin, is Calvary and means the Place of the Skull. The meaning of the place where He was crucified indicates insult and shame. He suffered death in insult and shame.
"NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS"
At Golgotha, "they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle" (John 19:18). This was the fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 53:12, which said that the Messiah would be "num bered with the transgressors." He was dealt with as one of the transgressors.
KILLED BY MANKIND
According to God's sovereignty, the Lord was killed by mankind represented by Hebrew religion, Roman politics, and Greek culture (19:19-22). John 19:19 says, "Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross. And it was writ ten, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS." This title was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek (19:20). The Hebrew represented