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| Chapter XCIX.—In the commencement of the Psalm are Christ’s dying words.
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Chapter XCIX.—In the commencement of
the Psalm are Christ’s dying words.
And when I had said these words,
I continued: “Now I will demonstrate to you that the whole Psalm
refers thus to Christ, by the words which I shall again explain. What is
said at first—‘O God, my God, attend to me: why hast Thou
forsaken me?’—announced from the beginning that which was
to be said in the time of Christ. For when crucified, He spake: ‘O
God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?’ And what follows:
‘The words of my transgressions are far from my salvation. O my
God, I will cry to Thee in the day-time, and Thou wilt not hear; and in
the night-season, and it is not for want of understanding in me.’
These, as well as the things which He was to do, were spoken. For on the
day on which He was to be crucified,2325
| 2325 [Jewish computation of the evening as part of the
succeeding day.] | having taken three of His disciples to the
hill called Olivet, situated opposite to the temple in Jerusalem, He
prayed in these words: ‘Father, if it be possible, let this cup
pass from me.’2326
And again He prayed:
‘Not as I will, but as Thou wilt;’2327
showing by this
that He had become truly a suffering man. But lest any one should say, He
did not know then that He had to suffer, He adds immediately in the
Psalm: ‘And it is not for want of understanding in me.’ Even
as there was no ignorance on God’s part when He asked Adam where he
was, or asked Cain where Abel was; but [it was done] to convince each
what kind of man he was, and in order that through the record [of
Scripture] we might have a knowledge of all: so likewise Christ declared
that ignorance was not on His side, but on theirs, who thought that He
was not the Christ, but fancied they would put Him to death, and that He,
like some common mortal, would remain in Hades.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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