The dying words of the most significant person who's ever lived | Luke 23:46
It is finished
The sixth saying on the cross - and the greatest single word that's ever been spoken | John 19:30
I thirst
Our Lord Jesus said ‘I thirst’ so that we would never have to experience the awful, eternal thirst of Hell | John 19:28
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
‘If he had not cried, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” we would have howled out that hideous complaint in the lowest hell for ever’ - John Flavel | Mark 15:34
Behold your son, behold your mother
Jesus’ third saying from the cross speaks of the fulfilment of prophecy, obedience to the end, and the new family Jesus died to create | John 19:26-27
Today you will be with me in paradise
Just before celebrating the Lord's Supper we looked at the second of Jesus' seven sayings on the cross | Luke 23:43
Father, forgive them
On the cross Jesus spoke seven times - each giving us a further insight into what the cross was all about. This is the first one | Luke 23:34