The Seven Words on the Cross

Related Bible passages

• Luke 23:34
• Matthew 27:46
• Mark 15:34
• John 19:28
• John 19:30
• Luke 23:43
• Psalms 31:5

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Proof The Law Works

Now on Friday, you will hear, if you go to service, the Seven Words on the Cross: three taken from Luke, three from John, and one from Matthew and Mark, it’s the same one from Matthew and Mark, which is the fourth one: “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” That is the one taken from these two Gospels. But the first one used on the Cross is from Luke, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. ... So, the first word on the Cross – a “word on the cross” does not mean a single word; it’s a completed thought. So, the shortest word is: “I thirst,” but there are two words. The next one, from John, is, “It is finished” – there are three words. All right – still it is one word when you take the seven words. So, the first word is from Luke, “Father, forgive them. They know not what they do.” And then comes Luke’s second, then comes John’s first, then comes Matthew and Mark, then come two from John, and then Luke completes it, “Father, into Thy hands I commit my spirit.”

The Seven Words on the Cross are not literal single words but completed thoughts, representing the entire divine drama of God's descent into humanity and His ultimate resurrection. They are a sequence of spiritual pronouncements that unfold the mystery of man's journey from fragmentation to unity, culminating in the surrender of the spirit and the realization of redemption.

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