Saturday, 3 July 2021

"Into Thy Hands"


Starfarers
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Ricardo Nansen thinks:

"Into Your hands, God -" (p. 19)

This is Biblical:

"Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Father! In your hands, I place my spirit!' He said this and died." (Lk. 23: 46)

Confirming this reference, we find that, between them, the four canonical Gospels present three different versions of Jesus's last words. See also:

"...Jesus cried out with a loud shout, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?'" (Mt. 27:46; Mk. 15:34)

"Jesus drank the wine and said, 'It is finished!' Then he bowed his head and died." (Jn. 19:30)

Not directly relevant here but we go wherever the texts take us.

1 comment:

  1. Kaor, Paul!

    And in Matthew 27.46 and Mark 15.34 Our Lord was quoting from Psalm 21.2. It was all too appropriately applicable to His Passion!

    Ad astra! Sean

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