Thirsty
Robert MORTON
The Life of Jesus; read today: "I thirst."; John 19:28
NET: John 19:28. After this Jesus, realizing that by this time
everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I
am thirsty!"
Through all that Jesus had been through, not one complaint had been
made to the people in charge of His treatment. Even His last words of
abandonment were not a complaint against God but a question as to why.
So now Jesus complains that He is thirsty, why? The answer is the the
scripture itself. Everything had been completed according to the
scripture, except him being fed the vinegar. So He says, ‘I thirst.’
What is interesting is, that Jesus is the Word, and the Word needed to
be fulfilled. Jesus put all this in to the prophecies of His own
coming, long before man even came into existence.
We often say to let the Bible interpret the Bible. Here is a case of
God interpreting Himself.
Read for next time: Jesus is offered sour wine on a reed: Matthew
27:47-49, Mark 15:35-36, John 19:29-30
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