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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And straightway one of them...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. From twelve o’clock at noon, according to the Roman and Jewish time, till three in the afternoon, there was a thick darkness,-whether over all the world, or only over the land of Palestine, we cannot very well say. It was not an eclipse of the sun, it was a miracle...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Some have thought that this darkness covered the whole world, and so caused even a heathen to exclaim, “Either the world is about to expire, or the God who made the world is in anguish.” This darkness was supernatural; it was not an eclipse. The sun could no longer...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? In order that the sacrifice of Christ might be complete, it pleased the Father to forsake his well-beloved Son. Sin was laid on Christ, so God must turn away his face from the Sin-bearer. To be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. They knew better, yet they jested at the Saviour’s prayer.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Mocking him even in his prayers, for they well knew the difference...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. They knew better, yet they jested at the Saviour’s prayer. Wickedly, willfully, and scornfully, they turned his death-shriek into ridicule.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, It always seems to me very remarkable that the spunge, which is the very lowest form of animal life, should have been brought into contact with Christ, who is at the top of all life. In his death, the whole circle of creation was completed.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. Christ’s strength was not exhausted; his last word was uttered “with a loud voice”, like the shout of a conquering warrior. He need...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. A person in such agony as Jesus was suffering might have mentioned many pangs that he was enduring; but it was necessary for him to say, “I thirst,” in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; That rending of the great veil of the temple was intended to symbolize the end of Judaism; the horror of the sanctuary that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. You know what he said when he cried with a loud voice: “It is finished.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. Christ’s strength was not exhausted; his last word was uttered with a loud voice, like the shout of a conquering warrior. And what a word it was, “It is finished”! Thousands of sermons have been preached upon that little sentence; but who can tell all the meaning that lies...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. Christ’s strength was not exhausted; his last word was uttered with a loud voice, like the shout of a conquering warrior. And what a word it was, “It is finished”! Thousands of sermons have been preached upon that little sentence, but who can tell all the meaning that lies...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; Well says our poet,--“ Of feeling, all things show some sign But this unfeeling heart of mine.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Christ’s death was the end of Judaism:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many of the bodies of the saints which slept arose. And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Christ’s death was the end of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was...