João 19

João 19

Morgan - It is finished. John 19. 30.Luke tells us that, "When Jesus had cried with a loud voice, He said, Father into Thy hands I commend My spirit, and having said this He gave up the ghost" (Luke 23.46). John says that, "He said, It is finished, and He bowed His head and gave up His spirit." There can be no doubt that what He said "with a loud voice" was "It is finished." It was the cry of triumph. The hour was come, and He had accomplished all that was within the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. He had entered into, and passed through, the deep mystery of spiritual death. In that experience He had cried, "My God, My God, why host Thou forsaken Me?" and in that mystic cry revealed all that it is possible for men to know of that experience. All was over, except the physical dissolution which was the sacramental symbol of the spiritual death. To that He passed with calm composure as He said: "Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit." In that exultant cry of accomplishment the soul of man hears the good news, of emancipation from all the slavery of sin, and of the possibility of realizing all the purposes of God. While there is much for man to do in working out his own salvation with fear and trembling, there is nothing for him to do to make his salvation possible. Everything is done, and now it is possible for God to work in us to will and to work of His good pleasure. (BORROW Life applications from every chapter of the Bible PAGE 324) John 19:31 Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. because: John 19:14,42 Mt 27:62 Mk 15:42 that the: Dt 21:22-23 that sabbath: Lev 23:7-16 their: John 19:1 Pr 12:10 Mic 3:3 James Stalker's classic Trial and Arrest of Jesus Christ - 22. THE DEAD CHRIST John 19:31–37. Alfred Edersheim - CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED Related Passages: John 19:42 Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. Mark 15:42-47+ When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath (SABBATH WOULD BEGIN ON THIS FRIDAY AT SUNSET), 43 Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead. 45 And ascertaining this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. 46 Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was laid. Then (marks progress in narrative) the Jews (Ioudaios), because it was the day of preparation (paraskeue), so that (hina - term of purpose) he bodies would not remain on the cross (stauros) on the Sabbath (sabbaton) (for that Sabbath was a high day) - That bodies would not remain on the cross was in keeping with the OT Law in Deuteronomy 21:22-23+ “If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 his corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is accursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.