“Cut off” refers not to the death penalty but to excommunication, which Jesus experienced when the Jewish court condemned Him. Perhaps more to the point, however, Jesus as the Incarnate Temple of God took upon Himself the desolation of the Temple: God desolated Him, forsook Him, cut Him off. “Have nothing” means that Jesus was dispossessed. Historically, each time the desolating sacrilege is committed, God deserts the Temple, and then brings in an invading army to dispossess His people of all His
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