The Jews who accused Him didn’t kill Jesus. The Scribes and Pharisees, Pilate, they didn’t kill Jesus. No one “killed” Jesus. He gave His life voluntarily.

If we say that someone “killed” Jesus, we elevate that person or group above Jesus, above God. We should be careful how we speak of such things.

Jesus death was a sacrifice. He sacrificed Himself as both the high priest and the lamb. He had no sin, and therefore was not worthy of death as we are. He lived the life Adam should have lived. He lived holy. That’s why Jesus was able to die for our sins, because He had no sin of his own.

Not only did Jesus have authority to lay down his life for us, but to also rise again. God the Father didn’t raise Jesus from the dead. Jesus did that of His own authority!

Wait… How did Jesus bring Himself back to life if He was dead?

We are three part beings… Made in God’s image with a body, soul, and spirit. The body is what dies here on earth. Jesus body was dead. Completely. For three days and thee nights. But Jesus spirit was still alive. It was the spirit, the inner essence, that brought the body back to life. We are built the same way. Our body dies, but the spirit awaits the judgment, the second death or eternal life. We do not cease to exist upon physical death, only the body dies and decays.

So Jesus allowed His body to suffer and die, that part of Him which overcame sin. that part which became the sacrifice and payment for our sins. Then, when the job was done. His spirit acted on authority from the Father and gave life back to His body, becoming a full man again. A glorified man, but a man in that same body. Nail holes, spear wound, gashes from whips, everything. He lives in that same body today!

So no one killed Jesus. We are all guilty of rejecting Him, but humans do not, can not kill God. Jesus is a living willing sacrifice. Fully God, and fully man.

And the reason we have a second chance, through the blood He shed.