Crosses Quote by D. A. Carson

Mere nails, though pounded deep, were not enough to keep Jesus on the cross. But love was... and love prevailed.

— Louie Giglio

... the thing that kept Christ on that cross was love, not the nail.

— Billy Graham

Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.

— Max Lucado

Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on the Cross, had not love held Him there.

— St. Catherine of Siena

Christ was liberated on the cross through spiritual centers located where the nails are said to have been driven, and elsewhere.

— Max Heindel

“So Jesus himself swung the hammer. The same hand that stilled the seas stills your guilt. The same hand that cleansed the Temple cleanses…

— Max Lucado

“The hand squeezing the handle was not a Roman infantryman. The force behind the hammer was not an angry mob. The verdict behind the…

— Max Lucado

“My sins were the scourges which lacerated those blessed shoulders, and crowned with thorn those bleeding brows: my sins cried "Crucify him! crucify him!"…

— Charles H. Spurgeon

If you had never known physical pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ will meet…

— Joni Eareckson Tada

Jesus humbled himself. He went from commanding angels to sleeping in the straw. From holding stars to clutching Mary's finger. The palm that held…

— Max Lucado

If Jesus had been a hunchback, they could hardly have nailed him to the cross.

— Gunter Grass

The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can…

— Bernard of Clairvaux