# Perspectives on the Death of Jesus Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ultimately-with-r-c-sproul-1062481/perspectives-on-the-death-of-jesus Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ultimately-with-r-c-sproul-1062481/perspectives-on-the-death-of-jesus.md Podcast: [Ultimately with R.C. Sproul](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ultimately-with-r-c-sproul-1062481) Published: 2026-07-24T05:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/ultimately-with-rc-sproul/perspectives-on-the-death-of-jesus Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/ultimately/ultimately20260724.mp3?dest-id=2190716 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ultimately-with-r-c-sproul-1062481/episodes/perspectives-on-the-death-of-jesus Duration seconds: 286 ## Resource Some of Jesus' contemporaries thought of His death as the execution of a criminal. Others saw it as an act of political expediency. Today, R.C. Sproul teaches that the Bible gives us God's own interpretation of the cross of Christ. Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podcasts/ultimately-with-rc-sproul/perspectives-on-the-death-of-jesus/ Study Reformed theology with a free resource bundle from Ligonier Ministries: https://grow.ligonier.org/ A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Donate: https://donate.ligonier.org/ Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ultimately-with-r-c-sproul-1062481/episodes/perspectives-on-the-death-of-jesus/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ultimately-with-r-c-sproul-1062481/perspectives-on-the-death-of-jesus.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.