30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
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I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; …
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-30)Here are some remarkable circumstances of Christ’s dying more fully related than before, which those will take special notice of who covet to know Christ and him crucified. I. The title set up over his head. Observe, 1. The inscription itself which Pilate wrote, and ordered to be fixed to the top of the cross, declaring the cause for which he was crucified, John 19:19. Matthew called it, aitia — t…
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