Title: Thirsty No More (5)
Series: The Sayings of Jesus on the Cross
Author: Jonathan McLeod
Text: John 19:28
The Fifth Saying on the Cross
Can you remember a time when you were extremely thirsty?
I remember a day-a hot, sunny, summer day-way back when I was in my late teens. I was working for a construction company, and I was the guy who always got the dirty jobs ... due to my lack of carpentry skills. That day I was banished to foundation work.
It was the middle of the afternoon. I had been working for hours in the dust and the dirt, with the sun beating down mercilessly upon my back.
Just when the heat threatened to consume me, my salvation appeared. It was my boss, who arrived at the job site with cans of ice-cold Coke.
That was refreshing!
But my thirst on that day was nothing compared to the thirst Jesus experienced while on the cross. And that leads us to the fifth saying of Jesus on the cross. It's found in John 19:28, where Jesus says, "I thirst."
Given Sour Wine to Drink
When Jesus says, "I thirst," the soldiers soak a sponge with sour wine. Then they put the sponge on a hyssop branch and hold it to Jesus's mouth. This type of wine "relieved thirst more effectively than water and, being cheaper than regular wine, it was a favorite beverage of the lower ranks of society."
Earlier, Jesus had been offered wine "mixed with gall" (Matt. 27:34). But once Jesus had tasted it, he refused to drink it. Why? Because it was an anesthetic.
He was determined to endure the agony of the crucifixion without a dulling of his senses by a sedative. And it was for precisely the same reason that he later accepted the sour wine-to revive and sharpen all his senses and avoid the clouding of his physical and spiritual sensibilities, especially his mind, that so easily occurred with the passage of time under the torment of crucifixion. In this way he was ensuring that this final self-surrender to God in death (Luke 23:46) was a full ...
Series: The Sayings of Jesus on the Cross
Author: Jonathan McLeod
Text: John 19:28
The Fifth Saying on the Cross
Can you remember a time when you were extremely thirsty?
I remember a day-a hot, sunny, summer day-way back when I was in my late teens. I was working for a construction company, and I was the guy who always got the dirty jobs ... due to my lack of carpentry skills. That day I was banished to foundation work.
It was the middle of the afternoon. I had been working for hours in the dust and the dirt, with the sun beating down mercilessly upon my back.
Just when the heat threatened to consume me, my salvation appeared. It was my boss, who arrived at the job site with cans of ice-cold Coke.
That was refreshing!
But my thirst on that day was nothing compared to the thirst Jesus experienced while on the cross. And that leads us to the fifth saying of Jesus on the cross. It's found in John 19:28, where Jesus says, "I thirst."
Given Sour Wine to Drink
When Jesus says, "I thirst," the soldiers soak a sponge with sour wine. Then they put the sponge on a hyssop branch and hold it to Jesus's mouth. This type of wine "relieved thirst more effectively than water and, being cheaper than regular wine, it was a favorite beverage of the lower ranks of society."
Earlier, Jesus had been offered wine "mixed with gall" (Matt. 27:34). But once Jesus had tasted it, he refused to drink it. Why? Because it was an anesthetic.
He was determined to endure the agony of the crucifixion without a dulling of his senses by a sedative. And it was for precisely the same reason that he later accepted the sour wine-to revive and sharpen all his senses and avoid the clouding of his physical and spiritual sensibilities, especially his mind, that so easily occurred with the passage of time under the torment of crucifixion. In this way he was ensuring that this final self-surrender to God in death (Luke 23:46) was a full ...
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