offers an interpretation of the event. Specifically, a narrative account of an event (real or fictional) offers a certain perspective and “spin.” The difference between Jesus died (a fact) and the Messiah died for sin according to the scripture (an interpretation of the fact) is all the difference in the world (see Hagner, 25). The opponents of Jesus who watched him die interpreted the significance of his death quite differently from the New Testament authors. For his opponents, and perhaps other