Crucifixion, seen from the Cross by James Tissot, c. 1890
The sayings of Jesus on the cross (sometimes called the Seven Last Words from the Cross) are seven expressions biblically attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion. Traditionally, the brief sayings have been called "words".
The seven sayings are gathered from the four canonical gospels.[1][2] In Matthew and Mark, Jesus cries out to God. In Luke, he forgives his killers, reassures the penitent thief, and commends his spirit to the Father. In John, he speaks to his mother, says he thirsts, and declares the end of his earthly life. This is an example of the Christian approach to the construction of a gospel harmony, in which material from different gospels is combined, producing an account that goes beyond each gospel.[3][4]
Since the 16th century, these sayings have been widely used in sermons on Good Friday, and entire books have been written on theological analysis of them.[3][5][6] The Seven Last Words from the Cross are an integral part of the liturgy in the Catholic, Protestant, and other Christian traditions.[7][8] Several composers have set the sayings to music.
^Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1988). International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Vol. 4. Eerdmans Press. p. 426. ISBN 0-8028-3784-0.
^Kelly, Joseph F. (2006). An Introduction to the New Testament for Catholics. Liturgical Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-8146-5216-9.
^ abCite error: The named reference Houlden627 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Ehrman, Bart D. (2009). Jesus, Interrupted. HarperCollins. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-0-06-117393-6.
^McCrocklin, W. (2006). Jesus of Nazareth. Xulon Press. p. 134. ISBN 1-59781-863-1.
^Cite error: The named reference Houlden645 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Young, Richard (2005). Echoes from Calvary, Volume 1. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 190–191. ISBN 978-0742543843. Interestingly, the Methodist Book of Worship adopted by the General Conference of 1964 presented two services for Good Friday: a Three Hours' Service for the afternoon and a Good Friday evening service that includes the "Adoration at the Cross" (the Gospel, Deprecations, and Adoration of the Cross) but omits a communion service, which would be the Methodist equivalent of the Mass of the Presanctified.
^"Good Friday". The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 13. The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation. 1919. p. 51 – via HathiTrust Digital Library. The 'Three Hours' Devotion, borrowed from Roman usage, with meditation on the 'seven last words' from the Cross, and held from 12 till 3, when our Lord hung on the Cross, is a service of Good Friday that meets with increasing acceptance among the Anglicans.
and 26 Related for: Sayings of Jesus on the cross information
A brief meditation on the seven sayingsof Christ onthecross Baker Books John Ross Macduff, 1857 The Words ofJesus New York: Thomas Stanford Publishers...
children (Jesus' blood brothers or sisters) to look after. The Gospel of John records thesayingsofJesusonthecross, i.e., the pair of commands "Woman...
primarily Jesus' sayings (λόγια, logia). Q is part ofthe common material found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke but not in the Gospel of Mark. According...
Golgotha; Mark 15:34, see also Aramaic ofJesus and SayingsofJesusonthecross). In the Aramaic Syriac version ofthe Bible, these translations are preserved...
8:2) Seven last sayingsofJesusonthecross Seven men of honest report, full ofthe Holy Ghost and wisdom (Acts 6:3) Seven Spirits of God, Seven Churches...
also included sayings attributed to Jesus, such as parables and teachings on various subjects which, along with other sayings, formed the oral gospel tradition...
speak at the 2020 Democratic National Convention onthe Soul of America. He endorsed Joe Biden, saying, "history, which will surely be our judge, can also...
ascetic sayings and stories; sayings echoing intra-Muslim polemics. The first group ofsayings expands Jesus' archetype as portrayed in the Quran. The second...
Jesus (c. 6 to 4 BC – AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesusof Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher...
The Gospel of Mark is the second ofthe four canonical gospels and one ofthe three synoptic Gospels. It tells ofthe ministry ofJesus from his baptism...
silent. In contrast, the character Algot, presented as enlightened, equates Tomas's spiritual crisis with sayingsofJesusonthecross and God's "silence"...
sayings by Jesus in the New Testament are from the Historical Jesus. Simply put, the more independent witnesses that report an event or saying, the better...
through the Synoptic tradition." A second related theory is that of multiple forms. Developed by C. H. Dodd, it focuses onthesayings or deeds ofJesus found...
Global Information