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Seven Last Words of Jesus
THE FIRST WORD
Luke 23:33-34 -- When they came to the place called
"The Skull," they nailed Jesus to the cross there, and
the two criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Jesus
said, "Forgive them, Father! They
know not what they do."
THE SECOND WORD
Luke 23:39-43 -- One of the criminals hanging there
threw insults at him: "Aren't you the messiah? Save
yourself and us!" The other one, however, rebuked him,
saying: "Don't you fear God? Here we are all under the same
sentence. Ours, however, is only right, for we are getting what
we deserve for what we did; but he has done no wrong." And
he said to Jesus, "Remember me, Jesus, when you come as
King!" Jesus said to him, "I
tell you this: Today you will be in Paradise with me."
THE THIRD WORD
John 19:25-27 -- Standing close to Jesus'
cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of
Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Jesus saw his mother and the disciple
he loved standing there; so he said to his mother, "Woman,
here is your son." Then he said to the disciple,
"Here is your mother." And
from that time the disciple took her to live in his home.
THE FOURTH WORD
Mark 15: 33-34 -- And when the sixth hour
had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth
hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Elo-i,
elo-i, lama sabach-thani?" which means, "My
God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
THE FIFTH WORD
John 19:28 -- After this jesus, knowing
that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the scripture0, "I
thirst."
THE SIXTH WORD
John 19:29-30 -- A bowl was there, full of
cheap wine mixed with vinegar, so a sponge was soaked in it, put
on hyssop and lifted up to his lips. When Jesus had received the
wine, he said, "It is finished."
THE SEVENTH WORD
Luke 23:46 -- Then Jesus, crying with a loud
voice, said, "Father, into thy hands I
commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed
his last. * * *
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updated 30 September 2007 |
