The seven sayings of the crucified Jesus, harmonized from the four Gospels, and their meaning.
Christian tradition gathers seven utterances of Jesus on the cross, drawn from across the four Gospels (no single Gospel records all seven): 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do' (Luke); 'Today you will be with me in Paradise' (Luke); 'Woman, behold your son' (John); 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' (Matthew/Mark, quoting Psalm 22); 'I thirst' (John); 'It is finished' (John); 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit' (Luke). The cry of dereliction quotes Psalm 22's opening — a lament that ends in vindication, which is part of its force. That these come from different Gospels is a historical/literary fact; the devotional harmonization and the meaning drawn from each saying (forgiveness, assurance, abandonment, accomplishment) are theological interpretation, labeled as such.
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