what were jesus' last words?

Question

Jesus' last words on the cross, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" hardly seem like the words of a man who planned it that way. It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure there is something wrong here.

Answer 1

Considering many believe god, jesus and the holy spirit are one, the trinity.. Was jesus calling out to himself asking himself why he had forsaken himself..

A deity with split personality disorder wow what a belief..

Answer 2

Verse 34
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?

The traditional interpretation of this place views it as a quotation from Psa. 22, where no less than twenty specific prophecies of the crucifixion are detailed, and to which it must be supposed Jesus here made reference by quoting the first line of that well known Psalm. That is the view accepted by this interpreter, and extensive comment in support of this view is in my Commentary on Matthew, Matt. 27:66ff. However, it must be confessed that something deeper and far more imponderable could be indicated. As Cranfield expressed it:



The burden of the world's sin, his complete self-identification with sinners, involved not merely a felt, but a real, abandonment by his Father. It is in the cry of dereliction that the full horror of man's sin stands revealed ... While this God-forsakeness was utterly real, the unity of the Blessed Trinity was even then unbroken. F13
The full mystery of the awesome events of Calvary cannot ever be fully known by mortal and finite men. Nevertheless, "In the cross of Christ I glory!"

Answer 3

And it don't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Jesus was crying out from his fleshly part of him! Jesus went through the whole nine yards of this sacrifice plus more. Jesus also had gotten weak from being up on the cross for so long and from his suffering. If you are trying to say that his Father had forsaken ed him then you are 100% wrong. God knew what he was doing. If it wasn't for Jesus dieing on the cross for me and for YOU, then you wouldn't have that chance for eternal life. Now, there was some confused people standing there just like you are now. Some thought that he was calling Elijah. They made mockery of him.

Matthew 27: 54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God!"

Jesus already knew what his mission was from the begining. The fact is that he carried it through. Now, could we lay down our life by going through what he went through on the cross? Could we suffer what he suffered even before he went to the cross?

Answer 4

Actually, those were not his last words. His last words were: "It is finished". In the original language those words literally translate as: "Paid in full". The debt he paid for us by giving His life as a ransom in exchange for us all was now paid in full and the mission that He came to fulfill was completed as He expired.

As to your quote, what he said there was a direct quote from Psalm 22:1, which was prophetic of this incident. The answer to that question is found in Ps. 22:3--God is holy. That means that when Jesus took upon Himself the sins of the world of mankind, God in His holiness had to turn away in disgust because He is too holy to look upon our sins.

That is the whole point of Christ's redemptive work. To cover our sins so that we can have a right relationship restored with God. He no longer turns away from us in disgust over our sinfulness.

You're right: something was wrong there. Our sin was what was wrong. What God did in His grace and mercy toward us that day was all that was right.

Answer 5

It is finished.

Those were his last words and as far as My God why has thou forsaken me that was because as the sin was being imputed to him God looked away..... he could not look upon that. Then When Jesus cried out God heard him, Jesus knew it had been completed (the sins of the world were passed through) and he fulfilled his prophecy.

Answer 6

I think Jesus spoke these last famous words because at that very moment he felt the sins and transgressions of mankind fall upon him and he experienced a total abscence of the Father's communion that he had so passionatley shared throughout his 33 years on earth. This is my personal take anyway, read it for yourself and ask God to reveal its true meaning so that it makes the most sense in your own life. God Bless

Answer 7

The last words Christ spoke from the Cross were...

Mat 27:50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.

Mar 15:37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last.

Luk 23:46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." Having said this, He breathed His last.

Joh 19:30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.



Actually Jesus' last words that He spoke on earth were not from the Cross, but were from after the resurrection...

Luk 24:46 and He said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,
Luk 24:47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Luk 24:48 "You are witnesses of these things.
Luk 24:49 "And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."
Luk 24:50 And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
Luk 24:51 While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
Luk 24:52 And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
Luk 24:53 and were continually in the temple praising God.

Just my two cents worth...

Answer 8

It's finished. You have no idea how bad I want to be able to say the same thing. To finish the race is an awesome thing to do! Jhn 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Answer 9

His last words were

"It is finished." John 19:30


Matthew and Mark are readily harmonized with Luke and John by reading a little further: both Matthew 27:46-50 and Mark 15:34-37 report that Jesus drank wine vinegar and then cried out again before dying. Therefore Luke and John record Jesus' actual last words, which could have been any combination of the two phrases recorded, e.g. "It is finished, Father; into your hands I commit my spirit."

Answer 10

Actually, I thought it was "It is finished"

And he beseeches God because he is a human before he dies, and he suffers like a human.

Not a believer, but I spent an eternity in Vacation Bible School.