"Today you will be with Me in paradise," He said to the thief-setting the precedent for salvation by faith alone.
"Behold thy mother," He said to John, thereby establishing a new order of family. Redemption and sanctification, justification and propitiation-questions of eternal import were being settled on the Cross.
Toward the end of his crucifixion, having become our sin bearer, Jesus also declared, "I thirst"-reminding us of the personal agony He endured through it all. Even the small gratification of a drink of water was denied Him as they filled a sponge with vinegar and offered it to Him.
After this He said, “It is finished”, bowed His head and gave up the ghost.
After He was dead and placed in the tomb, Pilate gave permission to roll a large stone to seal the tomb and to set a Roman guard to make sure that He STAYED in the tomb; and that was the end of the matter……………
OR SO THEY THOUGHT.
Inspired by John 19:28-41 KJV
And the commentaries of John Courson & Francis L. Harris
