![]() ![]() Because in this especially he was made sin for us our iniquities had deserved indignation and wrath upon the soul ( ), and therefore, Christ, being made a sacrifice, underwent as much of it as he was capable of and it could not but bear hard indeed upon him who had lain in the bosom of the Father from eternity, and was always his light. Because this wounded his spirit and that is a thing hard to bear ( ) brought the waters into his soul. And this he complained of more than any thing he did not complain of his disciples' forsaking him, but of his Father's, 1. But our Lord Jesus, on the contrary, was denied the light of the sun, when he was in his sufferings, to signifying the withdrawing of the light of God's countenance. Hunter, a martyr in queen Mary's time, who, being fastened to the stake, to be burnt, put up this short prayer, Son of God, shine upon me and immediately the sun in the firmament shone out of the dark cloud, so full in his face, that he was forced to look another way, which was very comfortable to him. The darkness signified the present cloud which the human soul of Christ was under, when he was making it an offering for sin. Toward the close of this darkness, our Lord Jesus, in the agony of his soul, cried out, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?. ![]() It was the power of darkness that they were now under, the works of darkness that they were now doing and such as this should their doom justly be, who loved darkness rather than light. They were doing their utmost to extinguish the Sun of righteousness, which was now setting, and the rising again of which they would never own and what then might be expected among them but a worse than Egyptian darkness? This intimated to them, that the things which belonged to their peace, were now hid from their eyes, and that the day of the Lord was at hand, which should be to them a day of darkness and gloominess. ![]() ![]() It was a sign of the darkness that was come, and coming, upon the Jewish church and nation. The Jews have often demanded of Christ a sign from heaven and now they had one, but such a one as signified the blinding of their eyes. Now the scripture was fulfilled ( ), I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day and, Her sun is gone down while it is yet day. There was a thick darkness over the whole land (some think over the whole earth), for three hours, from noon till three of the clock. Here we have an account of Christ's dying, how his enemies abused him, and God honoured him at his death. 40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome 41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him ) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem. 39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. 37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. 36 And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. Mar 15:40 | MHC | STEP | The Crucifixion. ![]()
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