Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 27:33 - 27:33

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 27:33 - 27:33


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33–50. THE CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH OF JESUS

Mar 15:22-37; Luk 23:33-46; Joh 19:18-30

St Mark’s account differs little from St Matthew’s. St Luke names the mockery of the soldiers and the words of the robbers to one another and to Jesus. Three of the sayings on the cross are related by St Luke only: ‘Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do;’—‘Verily, I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise;’—‘Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.’ Among other particulars recorded by St John alone are the attempt to alter the superscription—the commendation of His mother to John—the breaking of the malefactors’ legs—the piercing of Jesus—three sayings from the cross: ‘Woman, behold thy son!’ and to the disciple, ‘Behold thy mother!’—‘I thirst’—‘It is finished.’ St Matthew and St Mark alone record the cry of loneliness: ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’