Seven Words from the Cross

The seven different passages recording Jesus's words while he hung on the cross. These passages are often used as the basis for meditation for the remembrance of Jesus' death during Good Friday. The passages are:

1. Lk 23:34: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.

2. Lk 23:43: "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

3. Jn 19:26-27: "Dear woman, here is your son . . . Here is your mother."

4. Matt 27:46//Mk 15:34: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

5. Jn 19:28 - "I thirst."

6. Jn 19:30: "It is finished."

7. Lk 23:46: "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit."

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