if Jesus was in fact praying the Psalms on the cross, Mark supplies the origin (Ps 22:1) and Luke the terminus (Ps 31:5) of the Lord’s final conscious string of prayer. According to Mark, Jesus is heard by bystanders to have spoken from the cross words which are found in Psalm 22:1, “My God, My [...]
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The last 2,302 words from the cross (Pss 22:1 to 31:5)
Posted in inspiration, prayer, tagged exegesis, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Matthew, hermeneutics, Jesus, Jesus of History, Lent, Lenten Meditations, New Testament, Passion Narrative, Synoptic Gospels, the Cross on March 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »
