Christ unlike Adam (Genesis 3:8-10) did not hide Himself when the band came to take Him (John

18:1-5), but " went forth and said to them, Whom seek ye ? " There was no need of a" Where art thou ? "

such as there was in the case of Adam. It may be noticed in this connection that, while Adam and Eve had

sought to cover up their nakedness with aprons of FIG LEAVES (Genesis 3:7), Christ had cursed the FIG

TREE which had LEAVES ONLY but a few days earlier (Mark 11:12-14; 20-21).

However, the correlations do not end here, but go on right through to the crucifixion and beyond. Of

the ground it was said: " THORNS and thistles shall it yield thee " (Genesis 3:18). Christ, the sinbearer was

given a crown of THORNS by the soldiers in mockery (Matthew 27:29). So far as the record goes this

crown remained on Him right through to his crucifixion and death.

It may also be observed that Pilate echoed God's question to Cain when he said to Christ:" What hast

thou done ? " (Compare John 18:35 with Genesis 4:10). However, in the case of Christ no sin had been

committed.

When we come to the crucifixion itself the correlations between Adam's sin and Christ's sacrificial

work become impossible to attribute to coincidence. The penalty for Adam's sin was death (Genesis 2:17),

Christ died. As to timing, the word was: " In the day that thou eatest of it thou shalt certainly die " (Genesis

2:17). Christ died the same day that He was apprehended and crucified, ( The Jewish day began and ended

at 6 pm.) hence He could say to the robber crucified with Him; " Today shalt thou be with me in paradise "

(Luke 23:43). Christ's early death was in fact unusual and apparently surprised Pilate (Mark 15:42-47).

Those that were crucified with Jesus had to have their legs broken to ensure their early death (John 19:32).

As to the place of Christ's crucifixion, it was outside the city (Hebrews 13:12; Luke 20:15), reminder

that Adam was sent forth from the garden of Eden ( Genesis 3:23/24). Not only that, but the place where He

was crucified was called " Place of a skull " (Mark 15:22), reminder of the emptiness of Man's mind of any

real wisdom, though Eve sought to get intelligence by eating the forbidden fruit (Genesis 3:6). Paul could

say of the princes of this age that if they had had GOD'S WISDOM " they would not have crucified the

Lord of glory " (1 Corinthians 2:6-8); THEIR WISDOM led to an act of the greatest folly and showed that