Since Barb and I are going out of town for a few days I thought I would just share one of our calendar readings as my devotion this week.
John 19:30
He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
Each of the four Gospels gives an account of the Lord’s last breath. However, there are three different expressions used. Matthew says Christ, “yielded up His spirit”. Both Mark and Luke say “He breathed His last”, while John says, “He gave up His spirit”. Each of these descriptions fit with the writer’s presentation of Christ.
In Matthew it is as a King the Lord Jesus dismisses His spirit. In Mark and Luke as a servant and as a man He breathes His last, and in John as the Son of God He gives up His spirit. (Gary McBride)
To heav’n He turns triumphant eyes; “Tis finished” now the conqu’ror cries, Then bows His sacred head and dies, On the cross! On the cross!(Joseph Hoskins)
