Which is more important the crucifixion or the resurrection?

Answer 1

The Resurrection is the most important event in Christianity, because although many people were crucified in Roman times, only Christ conquered death through His Resurrection, and thus gives eternal life to all those who follow Him. (John 3:16).

Answer 2

Crucifixion is death on a cross. Resurrection is rising from the dead, coming to life again.
Crucifixion was the Roman capitol punishment for criminals.

Jesus Christ was crucified by the Roman government after instigation of the Jews saying He was deserving of death, even though Pontius Pilate could not find any fault in Him, but had Him crucified to please the Jews.

Jesus Christ came to earth from heaven to save mankind from their sin and that they could be reconciled back to God. The Godhead in heaven (God the Father and God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit) had this Crucifixion planned out long before the foundation of the world was laid. Jesus had to die for the sins of the world, this was the reason He came to earth.

The resurrection occurred the third day after the crucifixion. Resurrection proved that Jesus was who He said He was and resurrection was the sign that God gave to people approving of what Jesus did on earth and paying the satisfactory price for mankind.

Many persons were crucified in that time in history, but only one man has ever been resurrected. The Bible tells us that because Jesus was resurrected believers will be resurrected when the resurrection day comes.

Answer 3

A:We begin with Mark's Gospel, as this is now known to have been the first New Testament gospel to be written, with the other gospels based, directly or indirectly on it. Mark breaks down the last twenty four hour into eight intervals of just three hours each:

1. The first event is the Passover Feast, which becomes the Last Supper. It began "when it was evening" (Mark 14:17), or when the sun went down: approximately 6 pm. Mark knew that the duration of the Passover meal was three hours and that it concluded with the singing of a hymn, so the first thing Jesus did was to sing a hymn with his disciples. Then Mark says, "And when they had sung a hymn they went out to the Mount of Olives". It was about 9 p.m.
2. Mark then has Jesus and the disciples go to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus went to pray. He suffered alone and in agony, asking God that, if possible, he take this cup (his destiny to be crucified) away from Jesus. Meanwhile his disciples, Peter, James and John, were not able to remain awake. "Could you not watch one hour?" Jesus asked. The process was repeated two more times. The disciples could not watch one, two or three hours. It was now midnight.
3. The betrayal of Jesus, the darkest deed in human history, came next, occurring at the stroke of midnight.
4. At 3:00 a.m., Jesus was led away for a trial before the high priest and other senior priests and elders. It was on the basis of his messianic claim that he was judged to be worthy of death.

   The watch of the night between 3 am and 6 am was called cockcrow. Peter's threefold denial of Jesus, once each hour until the cock crowed, marked the end of that phase of the night. That makes it 6 am.

5. "As soon as it was morning", which would be 6 am, Jesus was led by the chief priests, scribes and elders to Pontius Pilate for judgement.
6. "It was the third hour when they crucified him," that is, 9 o'clock.

   Jesus was crucified with two thieves, but there is no record of any communication between Jesus and them.

   Those of Jesus' acquaintance, including his mother and Mary Magdalene, watched from afar.

7. When "the sixth hour had come" (12 noon), darkness covered the whole earth, reflecting the betrayal at 12 midnight. After three hours of darkness, at 3 p.m., Jesus cried out and gave up the ghost. He has suffered alone and in agony, just as in the Garden of Gethsemene, and his last words reflect anguish at the failure of his prayer in the Garden, when he asked if it were possible that this fate be taken from him: "My God. My God. Why hast thou forsaken me?" (from Psalm 22). At just this moment, the Temple veil was rent from top to bottom.
8. Joseph of Arimathea then asked Pilate for the body of Jesus, so that he could be buried before the Sabbath began. Jesus was buried in the final period from 3 to 6 pm, before the sun went down.

Matthew's Gospel follows Mark reasonably faithfully, although the exact periods are not so apparent. Both the thieves reviled Jesus. In this account, not only was the Temple veil rent when Jesus died, but there was also an earthquake that opened the graves and the dead walked into the city of Jerusalem, where they were seen by many.

Luke's Gospel also follows Mark reasonably faithfully. Only one thief reviled Jesus, while the other repented, and Jesus promised to see him in heaven. Jesus' last words were not "My God. My God. Why hast thou forsaken me?" but instead, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."

John's Gospel alters the story quite substantially. Instead of Jesus and the disciples celebrating the Passover feast on the evening before his crucifixion, Jesus is here crucified on the day before the Passover, which becomes the Saturday. Instead of being crucified at 9am, this is postponed until 12 noon. Instead of praying in the Garden of Gethsemane for God to take away his destiny to be crucified, Jesus says a triumphant prayer before entering the garden, and is then arrested. Pontius Pilate accompanies Jesus to the crucifixion site and, being in this account a very righteous Roman, argues with the priests about the words to be written above the cross. Mary and Mary Magdalene do not watch from afar, but are at the foot of the cross with the disciple whom Jesus loved. As soon as Jesus has calmly arranged for the care of his mother, he gives up the ghost, with his last words, "It is finished." This is the only gospel in which the soldiers spear Jesus to ensure he is dead, while breaking the legs of the other two for the same reason.

Answer 4

Both the crucifixion and the resurrection are important components of the Christian faith. The crucifixion represents the sacrifice made by Jesus for the forgiveness of sins, while the resurrection symbolizes the victory over death and the promise of eternal life. Both events are integral to the Christian belief in redemption and salvation.