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Amidst the agony of the crucifixion, Jesus spoke seven times to those gathered there. If you were present at the last words of any dying man you loved, you would value them. Yet here we have the last words spoken before Jesus lovingly took our place in the court of God’s justice!
Seven words! – In harmony with the sacred seven-number of Scripture, denoting completeness – they express the full gospel of salvation from the lips of the dying Saviour. Each is a pearl of great price that appreciates in value through the centuries to comfort and inspire God’s people.
- Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
- Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
- Woman, behold thy son! . . . Behold thy mother!
- Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?
- I thirst!
- It is finished!
- Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
- Ireland reflects, ‘We shall “wonder at the gracious words which proceeded out of thy mouth,” when hanging as a curse for us on the tree of Calvary!’
Paperback, 112 pages
Original Publication Date: 1873
Banner Publication Date: 2024
Table of Contents
Preface
I. Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
II. Verily, I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
III. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
IV. And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
V. I thirst!
VI. It is finished!
VII. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
Endorsement
‘At the sick-bed and the death-bed he showed his aptness in speaking words in season; and into many a weary and troubled heart he brought what he himself so happily wrote of, Light From Calvary.’
— Andrew Bonar
Author
Robert Henderson Ireland (1827–1881) was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, exercising fruitful ministries in Aberdeenshire and Edinburgh where, as well as loving the gospel and preaching it freely with persuasive power, he was prominently engaged in works of public benevolence, social improvement, and education. Incidentally, Ireland’s last words were, ‘I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with his likeness. Yes,’ he repeated, ‘satisfied, satisfied.’
