Identifier: whenkingcamestor00hodg (find matches)
Title: When the King came; stories from the four Gospels
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Hodges, George, 1856-1919
Subjects: Jesus Christ Bible
Publisher: Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin and company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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eed, 866 WHEN THE KING CAME are punished justly, for we receive the due re-ward of our deeds; but this man hath done no-thing amiss. And he turned to Jesus, in theface of the soldiers and the deriding priests,and said, Lord, remember me when thoucomest into thy kingdom. And Jesus saidunto him, Verily, I say unto thee, to-dayshalt thou be with me in paradise. Then our Lord saw his mother standing bythe cross, and with her the apostle John, whomhe loved the best of all. And he said to hismother, Behold thy son! meaning that Johnwas now to be a son to her. And to John hesaid, Behold thy mother ! And from thathour that disciple took her unto his ownhome. So the painful moments passed, and noon-day came, and black clouds rose up and cov-ered the sky and hid the face of the sun, asif the world itself were going into mourningfor this death. And darkness deepened in thesoul of Jesus. Eloi, eloi, he cried, lamasabachthani ? The very words have been re-membered, as if his voice had given them a
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E H O OO CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED 367 meaning which could not be translated. MyGod, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? This was the first sentence of a psalm whichwas written by one who, thinking that Godhad deserted him, found that after all Godloved him, through all his sufferings, with anunfailing love. They who stood by, faintlyhearing what he said, mistook the meaning.Eloi sounded like «Elias. Behold,they said, he calleth for Elijah. Let alone;let us see whether Elijah will come to takehim down. Even then, they thought, somemiracle might happen. There might be a sud-den shining in the black sky, and down mightcome the prophet of the old time, riding inhis chariot of fire. And as Jesus said Ithirst, they filled a sponge with vinegar andput it on a reed and lifted it to his mouth,partly in pity, partly in awe. Jesus then criedwith a loud voice, It is finished, adding aword of faith and prayer, Father, into thyhands I commend my spirit, and so died. It was then three oclock, an

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