Q:

31. Did Jesus actually die on the cross—or did he just faint?

A:

When Jesus rose from the dead, it was a one-of-a-kind event. It was so out of the ordinary that many people have said it couldn’t possibly have happened. In fact, some say Jesus never even died on the cross. He just fainted, and in the cool air of the tomb he woke up and walked out.

But that’s impossible to believe when you understand what Jesus went through the day he died. First the soldiers beat him. Then they nailed him to a cross. He hung there for six hours before he died. He was taken down from the cross only after a Roman soldier promised the Roman governor that he was dead. We can be sure that Jesus died. And we can be certain he came back to life.

God raised Jesus from the dead, and if God’s Spirit is living in you, he will also give life to your bodies that die. God is the One who raised Christ from the dead, and he will give life through his Spirit that lives in you.

ROMANS 8:11 NCV