Jesus didn’t defend Himself against the false witnesses. (Mt. 26:63) He could have done so as He proved more than once that He could stand against the Jewish leaders’ messed up theology like the time they tried to trap Him over the woman caught in adultery. (Jn. 8:3-9)
Jesus didn’t try to prove who He was using scripture like He could have. He could have proven His royal line. (Mt. 1; Lk. 3) He could have proven the prophecies concerning His birth were all true. He could have shown how all the scriptures lined up with His life, because He knew them all though He had never studied with the rabbis. (Jn. 7:15)
Jesus didn’t disappear through the crowd like He did other times. (Jn. ; ) If He did it twice before, I’m sure He could have done it again on His last day.
Jesus didn’t call out for legions of angels to help Him as He could. (Mt. 26:53) He said so in the garden to Peter who had just cut off the scribe’s ear. In other words, He could have stopped the arrest proceedings, trial or sentence anytime He wanted.
No one took Jesus’ life; He laid it down, freely. (Jn. ; 1Jn. ) Like I said, He could have escaped or called angels in to save Him, but He didn’t. I think the most difficult part for me would have been dying as a criminal when I was innocent, yet Jesus allowed that to happen to Him.
Jesus endured beatings and humiliation. He suffered torture with blood pouring out of most parts of His body. He allowed His character to be questioned and His life to be mocked. All of this was endured as an innocent man. (1Pt. 2:22)
Jesus gave up His life so we could live. (Mt. 20:28; Gal. 1:4) He bore our sins on the cross (1Pt. ; 2Cor. ) and redeemed us from the curse of the law. (Gal. 3:13) Now we can have eternal life with Him. (Rom. )
Would you take another man’s griefs and sorrows? Would you be despised, rejected, grieved, stricken, smitten, afflicted, wounded, bruised, chastised, whipped, and oppressed for him? Would you bear another man’s guilt and receive his death sentence? Jesus did (Is. 53:1-8) all for our sin.
How much does Jesus love us?
More than we can ever understand.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Rom. 5:8
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Jn. 3:16