"Relationship and Abandonment"

Relationship

John 19:16 ESV

So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,

John 19:20 ESV

Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.

John 19:21 ESV

So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’ ”

John 19:22 ESV

Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”

John 19:23 ESV

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom,

John 19:24 ESV

so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things,

John 19:25 ESV

but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

John 19:26 ESV

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

John 19:27 ESV

Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

Abandonment

Matthew 27:45 ESV

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

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Matthew 27:46 ESV

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Matthew 27:47 ESV

And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”

Matthew 27:48 ESV

And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink.

Matthew 27:49 ESV

But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.”

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Matthew 27:50 ESV

And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.

Matthew 27:51 ESV

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.

Matthew 27:52 ESV

The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,

Matthew 27:53 ESV

and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

Matthew 27:54 ESV

When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

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Matthew 27:55 ESV

There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

Matthew 27:56 ESV

among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

The Hunger-er of Love