The Last Words of Jesus Introduction

"32And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 33And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they cast lots to divide his garments. 34And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"

"39But the other rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 40And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong. 41And he said, Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. 42And he said to him, Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise. 43It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,"

"23When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, 24so they said to one another, Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be. This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. So the soldiers did these things, 25but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, Woman, behold, your son! 27Then he said to the disciple, Behold, your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home."

"33And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? which means, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 34And some of the bystanders hearing it said, Behold, he is calling Elijah."

"28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), I thirst. 29A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth."

"30When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, It is finished, and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit."

"44while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 45Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, Father, into your hands I commit my spirit! And having said this he breathed his last. 46Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, Certainly this man was innocent!"