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For at least a century, at special three-hour services on Good Friday, it has been the custom in many churches to reflect on the Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross. In this tradition, Fleming Rutledge here presents seven eloquent meditations on these final sayings of Jesus. Rutledge links the sayings from the cross with contemporary events and concerns, but also incorporates recent...

In John’s Gospel, therefore, when the Lord Jesus says “I thirst,” he is speaking in this case not from his very real mortal weakness, but from his sovereign control of his own mission. This is the Son of God speaking, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. Even in the midst of his helpless condition, he is manifestly aware of his divine destiny. This is the way that John has portrayed the Lord throughout his narrative, from beginning to end. In chapter 10, Jesus says, “I lay down my life for [my]
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