Seven Last Sayings of Jesus

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Seven Last Words, The
The Seven Last Words
Seven Words
The Seven Words
7 Words from the Cross
7 Last Words
The 7 Last Words
Words from the Cross
Sayings of Jesus on the cross
Seven Dying Words
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Web Links

Key Passages

Luke 23:34
Luke 23:43
John 19:26-27
Matthew 27:46
Mark 15:34
John 19:28
John 19:30
Luke 23:46

Reading List

Key Passages

Luke 23:34 (Father, forgive them)
Luke 23:43 (Today...)
John 19:26-27 (Woman, your son)
Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34 (Eli, eli, lama sabachthani)
John 19:28 (I thirst)
John 19:30 (It is finished)
Luke 23:46 (Father, into your hands)

Books

The Seven Last Words of Christ | Saint Bonaventure and Arnold of Bonneval
Verbum Crucis | William Alexander
The Seven Last Words from the Cross | St. Robert Bellarmine S.J. (not in Logos)
Into Your Hand: Confronting Good Friday Walter Brueggemann (not in Logos)
Christ’s Passion, Our Passions: Reflections on the Seven Last Words from the Cross | Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
The Seven Last Words of Jesus | Romanus Cessario (not in Logos)
Studia Crucis: Sermons on the Crucifixion and Related Themes | Alfred John Griffith
The Seven Sayings of Jesus on the Cross: Their Circumstances and Meaning | Murray J. Harris
Cross-Shattered Christ: Meditations on the Seven Last Words | Stanley Hauerwas
The Supremacy of Christ: Saviour | William McCarrell & Richard McCarrell
The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross | A. W. Pink
Why Call Friday Good? Spiritual Reflections for Lent and Holy Week | Chuck Queen
Seven Last Words | Timothy Radcliffe (not in Logos)
Watch and Pray With Me: The Seven Last Words | Karl Rahner (not in Logos)
The Seven Last Words from the Cross | Fleming Rutledge
Three Hours: Sermons for Good Friday | Fleming Rutledge see webcast version linked below
The Seven Last Words | Fulton J. Sheen (not in Logos)
Seven Words of Jesus and Mary | Fulton J. Sheen (not in Logos)
The Seven Words from the Cross | Ralph G. Turnbull (not in Logos)

Dictionary Articles

Seven Last Sayings of Jesus | The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Seven Last Sayings of Jesus | The Concise Lexham Bible Dictionary
Seven Last Sayings of Jesus | Tyndale Bible Dictionary
Seven Last Words | A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature
Seven Last Words, The | Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Seven Last Words, The | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Seven Words, The | A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Aaron–Zion
Seven Words, the | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
Seven Words, the | Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Seven Words, The | The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
Seven Words from the Cross | The Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Seven Words from the Cross | Catholic Bible Dictionary
Seven Words from the Cross | Harper’s Bible Dictionary
Seven Words from the Cross | The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)
Seven Words from the Cross | Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Seven Words from the Cross | Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Seven Words from the Cross | New International Bible Dictionary
Seven Words from the Cross | The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Volumes 1–5
Seven Words from the Cross | The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church

Journal Articles

The Seven Words from the Cross by Simon J. Kistemaker | Westminster Theological Journal Volume 38

Chapters in Monographs

Sayings from the Cross in the Four Gospels | All Roads Lead to the Text: Eight Methods of Inquiry into the Bible
The Seven Last Words on the Cross and the Death of our Lord | A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture
The Seven Sayings of Christ (Chapter XIII) by John G. Butler | Jesus Christ: His Crucifixion
The Seven Words Spoken by Jesus Christ on the Cross by Alphonsus de Liguori | The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ

Hymns

The Seven Words upon the Cross | The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer with Accompanying Tunes

Sermons

First Saying (“Father, forgive them”)

A Plea From The Cross by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. LXIII
Christ’s Plea for Ignorant Sinners by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XXXVIII
Of the Instructiveness of the Death of Christ, in his seven last Words; the first of which is here illustrated by John Flavel | The Whole Works of the Reverend John Flavel, Volumes 1-6
Unknown Depths and Heights by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. LIII
The First Cry From The Cross by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XV

Second Saying (“Today you will be with me”)

Eleventh Passion-Sermon: Christ’s Prayer on the Cross — The Malefactor on the Right by Martin Luther | Sermons on the Passion of Christ
The Believing Thief by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XXXV
The Penitent Thief by Al Bryant | Sermon Outlines for Evangelistic Services
The third of Christ’s last Words upon the Cross, illustrated by John Flavel | The Whole Works of the Reverend John Flavel, Volumes 1-6
Today You Will Be with Me in Paradise | Sermons from John Piper (1980–1989)
You Will Be with Me | The Timothy Keller Sermon Archive

Third Saying (“Woman, behold your son”)

The second excellent Word of Christ upon the Cross, illustrated by John Flavel | The Whole Works of the Reverend John Flavel, Volumes 1-6
The Third Word from the Cross | Sermons from John Piper (1980–1989)
Twelfth Passion-Sermon: Christ Commits His Mother to the Care of John | Sermons on the Passion of Christ

Fourth Saying (“Why have you forsaken me?”)

Homily LXXXVIII by John Chrysostom | The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the Gospel of St. Matthew
“Lama Sabachthani?” by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XXXVI
My God, My God by Robert Murray McCheyne | The Works of the Late Reverend Robert Murray McCheyne, Volume 2
Our Lord’s Solemn Enquiry by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. LXII
The fourth excellent Saying of Christ upon the Cross, illustrated by John Flavel | The Whole Works of the Reverend John Flavel, Volumes 1-6
The Saddest Cry from the Cross by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XLVIII

Fifth Saying (“I thirst”)

I Thirst by Timothy Keller | The Timothy Keller Sermon Archive
The Fifth Excellent Saying of Christ upon the Cross, illustrated by John Flavel | The Whole Works of the Reverend John Flavel, Volumes 1-6
The Saviour’s Thirst by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. LIX
The Shortest of the Seven Cries by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XXIV
The Surety’s Thirst (Sermon XVI) by Horatius Bonar | Family Sermons
The Surety’s Thirst (Sermon XVII) by Horatius Bonar | Family Sermons
The Surety’s Thirst (Sermon XVIII) by Horatius Bonar | Family Sermons
The Thirst of Jesus by Timothy Keller | The Timothy Keller Sermon Archive

Sixth Saying (“It is finished!”)

Christ’s Dying Word for His Church by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XL
Christ’s Finished Work by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. VII
It is Finished! by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. VII

Seventh Saying (“Father, into your hands”)

Into Thy Hands I Commit My Spirit by John Piper | Sermons from John Piper (1980–1989)
Our Lord’s Last Cry from the Cross by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XXXIX
The Last Words of Christ on the Cross by C. H. Spurgeon | The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, Vol. XLV

Web Links

Wikipedia: Sayings of Jesus on the cross
Mark Roberts: The Seven Last Words of Christ – Reflections for Holy Week
Sermons Based on the Seven Last Words from the Cross | Malakara World Baselios Church Digital Library including Pastor Edward F. Markquart (2011), Arthur Chandler, Bishop of Bloemfontein (1920), Morgan Dix, (1898), Edward Allan Larrabee (1905, 1908), Rt. Rev. Charles Lewis Slattery (1927)
The Three Hours Devotion (2018-03-30) | Fleming Rutlegde see book version above

Music

The Seven Last Words of Christ: A Sacred Cantata for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra by Theodore Dubois
Tre Ore: The Seven Last Words of Christ by Robert Barron
Seven Last Lords From the Cross by James MacMillan
Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross by Franz Joseph Haydn
The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross by César Francks
Seven Last Words From the Cross by Paul Carr
The Seven Last Words by Gubaidulina
Seven Last Words by Heinrich Schütz

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