The last 7 sentence Jesus Christ Spoke from the Cross Before Dying

Wooden cross on grassy hilltop with sun rising over fog-covered valley
A wooden cross stands on a grassy hilltop overlooking a misty valley at sunrise.

During this Easter season it might be good to meditate on the last things Jesus said before dying. The additional commentary was gleamed from a google AI search. The recounting of the final words was originally found in a pamphlet entitled “Christian Doctrine Drills” Published by D.B. Hansen & Sons, Chicago, Illinois circa 1965 (I found no copyright or other official dating of the pamphlet only a reference to the Eucharistic fasting rules being newly changed as of 1964).

  1. Father forgive them, for they know not what they do. (Luke 23:34)
  2. Mother, behold Thy son: son behold Thy mother. (John 19:26-27 referring to the Blessed Virgin and the apostle John.
  3. I thirst. (John 19:28)
  4. Amen I say to the, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise. (Luke 23:43. “Amen” in some translations is translated to the word “Truly”).
  5. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34. This sentence is a quotation from the second verse of Psalm 21 in a Catholic Bible -Psalm 22 in a protestant bible, which concludes with a message of hope and God’s ultimate triumph.” In my humble opinion, this triumph spoken of here is the coming catholic church which started from Christs death on the cross.  Pentecost was the actual start, but Jesus Christ’s death on the cross made it inevitable. This is a quote of the last few paragraphs of the psalm verses 21-32:

21-Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog.  22- Save me from the lion’s mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns  [Psalms 21:22]  23 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.  24 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.  25 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.

 26 With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.  27 The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.  28 All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight.  29 For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and he shall have dominion over the nations.  30 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.

 31 And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.  32 There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.)

6. It is consummated. (John 19:30)

7. Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit. (Luke 23:46, which is also a direct quotation from Psalms 30:6 in the Catholic Douey-Rheims Bible, and I think Psalm 31:5 in a protestant translation of the Bible.

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