
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away. 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
John 19:16-18
1. Luke 23:34:
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
2. Luke 23:43:
“Truly I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.”
3. John 19:26-27
“Woman, behold thy son!” – “Behold thy mother!”
4. Matthew 27:46 & Mark 15:34
“E’-lo-i, E’-lo- i, la’-ma sa-bach-tha-ni? That is to say, “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
5. John 19:28
“I thirst.”
6. John 19:30
“It is finished. (From the Gk. “Tetelestai” which is also translated “It is accomplished”, or “It is complete.”)
7. Luke 23:46
“Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.”
IN CHRISTIAN TRADITION THESE WORDS ARE CALLED,
IN ORDER:
1. Forgiveness
2. Salvation
3. Relationship
4. Abandonment
5. Distress
6. Triumph
7. Reunion
1. FORGIVENESS
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
Matthew 6:14-16
2. SALVATION
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts 4:12
3. RELATIONSHIP
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
2 Corinthians 5:18
4. ABANDONMENT
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Ephesians 2:1
5. DISTRESS
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21
6. TRIUMPH
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1 John 3:2
7. REUNION
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:6-8