This is He that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. — I John 5:6. In Deuteronomy 21:22-23, you …

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  The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. – I Corinthians 1:18. When the centurion who stood over against the cross of Jesus, and …

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By His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. – Hebrew 9:12. The innermost part of the tabernacle in the wilderness, and later the Temple at Jerusalem, was the Holy of …

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It is finished. Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit.  John 19:30 & Luke 23:46. When Jesus had received the vinegar, He said with a loud voice: “It is finished” (John 19:30). Full atonement for the sins of the …

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I thirst. – John 19:28. Consider what the Savior had suffered so far; and now He was in bodily anguish at the point of death. In prophecy, He Himself relates this as follows: “I am poured out like water, and …

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Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? – Matthew 27:46. And when the sixth hour was come, at noon, the sun was darkened, and there was a darkness over all the land until the ninth hour, until three o’clock in the afternoon. And …

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Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with Me in paradise. – Luke 23:43. One of the malefactors, crucified with Jesus, continued harassing Him persistently, saying: “If Thou be Christ, save Thyself and us!” (Luke 23:39). But the …

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But I am a worm and no man, a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see Me laugh Me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head saying, He trusted on the …

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The Lord hath been mindful of us. – Psalm 115:12. There stood by the cross of Jesus His mother (John 19:25). It is evident what “sword” now pierced her soul, as was foretold by Simeon (Luke 2:34-35). And there stood …

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If these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. – Luke 19:40. Pilate wrote a title, a superscription briefly telling what Jesus was accused of, and placed it on the cross above His head. It read thus: …

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