Nature of Christ Blog 12

Who was crucified?

Blog 12

Some will wonder how Jesus could have felt thirsty while on the cross?

I thirst (John 19:28)

The Chalcedonian churches will argue that, Christ, "the one person," "the one Hypostasis," "the incarnate God" said I thirst. However, by His divine nature, He cannot feel thirst, therefore, He experienced it through His human nature.

The Non-Chalcedonian churches will claim that, Christ, "the one nature", "the incarnate God" said I thirst. However, by His divinity, He cannot feel thirsty, therefore, He experienced it through His humanity.
We know from the Gospels that Christ said "I thirst " even though we are assured that His divinity could never be thirsty. Therefore, both the churches reach similar conclusions even thought they use different terminology.

Others may also question who died on the cross for our salvation?

They had crucified Jesus (John 19:23)

The Chalcedonian churches will say that, Christ, "the one person," "the one Hypostasis," "the incarnate God" was crucified on the cross. However, His divine nature cannot suffer from pain, therefore, He experienced that pain through His human nature. Nevertheless, they know that Christ was never separated, even for a single moment, between His divine nature and human nature. Therefore, the incarnated God died for us and became the source salvation for everyone, "By the grace of God, might taste death for everyone" (Hebrews 2:9). In other words, Christ is that he is one "who" (a person) who possesses two "whats" (a divine and human nature) that are united together under a single subject of reference. [1]

The Non-Chalcedonian churches will say that, Christ, "the one nature," "the incarnate God" was crucified on the cross. However, He cannot feel pain by His divinity, but His humanity can. Therefore, the incarnated God died for us and salvation became available for everyone, "By the grace of God, might taste death for everyone" (Hebrews 2:9).

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[1] William S. Frost, Chalcedonians and Monophysites, 4, https://dc.uwm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=rsso