1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,880 When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. 2 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:15,000 On the other side, there was a garden and he and his disciples went into it. 3 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:21,380 Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place because Jesus had often met there with his 4 00:00:21,380 --> 00:00:23,440 disciples. 5 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:31,080 So Judas came to the garden guiding and a detachment of soldiers and some officials 6 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,360 from the church, priests, and the Pharisees. 7 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,600 They were carrying torches, lanterns, and weapons. 8 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:43,160 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, 9 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:45,720 Who is it you want? 10 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:47,840 Jesus of Nazareth. 11 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,720 They replied, I am he, Jesus said. 12 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,680 And Judas, the traitor, was standing there with them. 13 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:59,240 When Jesus said, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. 14 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:04,040 Again, he asked them, Who is it you want? 15 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,480 Jesus of Nazareth, they said. 16 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,800 Jesus answered, I told you that I am he. 17 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,740 If you are looking for me, then let these men go. 18 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:18,360 This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled. 19 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,760 I have not lost one of those you gave me. 20 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:29,080 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant cutting 21 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,200 off his right ear. 22 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,600 The servant's name was Malchus. 23 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,240 Jesus commanded Peter, put your sword away. 24 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,200 Shall I not drink the cup the father has given me? 25 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:48,160 Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. 26 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,480 They bound him and brought him first to Annas. 27 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:57,840 Who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year? 28 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:05,080 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died 29 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,840 for the people. 30 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:11,800 Simon Peter and another disciple who were following Jesus, because this disciple was 31 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,700 known to the high priest. 32 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:19,160 He went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard, but Peter had to wait outside at 33 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:20,320 the door. 34 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:25,980 The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl 35 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:29,120 on duty there and brought Peter in. 36 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,540 You aren't one of this man's disciples too, are you? 37 00:02:33,540 --> 00:02:34,840 She asked Peter. 38 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,500 He replied, I am not. 39 00:02:38,500 --> 00:02:43,300 It was cold and the servants and the officials stood around a fire. 40 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:45,200 They had made to keep warm. 41 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,240 Peter also was standing with them warming himself. 42 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:55,480 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teachings. 43 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,440 I have spoken openly to the world, Jesus replied. 44 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:05,920 I always taught in synagogues or at the temple where all the Jews come together. 45 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:07,760 I said nothing in secret. 46 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,640 Why question me? 47 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:10,960 Ask those who heard me. 48 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,360 Surely they know what I said. 49 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:18,280 When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby slapped him in the face. 50 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,600 Is this the way you answer the high priest? 51 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,480 He demanded. 52 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:28,900 If I said something wrong, Jesus replied, testify as to what is wrong. 53 00:03:28,900 --> 00:03:33,280 But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me? 54 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,920 The Annas sent him down to Caiaphas, the high priest. 55 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:42,480 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself. 56 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:48,160 So they asked him, you aren't one of his disciples too, are you? 57 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:49,160 He denied it. 58 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:50,520 I am not. 59 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:56,280 One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged 60 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,280 him. 61 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,680 Didn't I see you with him in the garden? 62 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,880 Again, Peter denied it. 63 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,680 And at that moment, a rooster began to crow. 64 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:13,240 And the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. 65 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,180 By now it was early morning. 66 00:04:15,180 --> 00:04:22,440 And to avoid ceremonial uncleanliness, they did not enter the palace because they wanted 67 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,480 to be able to eat the Passover. 68 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:32,660 So Pilate came out to them and asked, what charges are you bringing against this man? 69 00:04:32,660 --> 00:04:38,040 If he were not a criminal, they replied, we would not have handed him over to you. 70 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:43,720 Pilate said, take him yourself and judge him by your own law. 71 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:48,400 But we have no right to execute anyone, they objected. 72 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:53,600 This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going 73 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,520 to die. 74 00:04:55,520 --> 00:05:02,640 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, are you the King of Jews? 75 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:08,880 Is that your own idea, Jesus asked? 76 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,560 Or did others talk to you about me? 77 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,560 Am I a Jew? 78 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,440 Pilate replied, your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. 79 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,520 What is it you have done? 80 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,960 Jesus said, my kingdom is not of this world. 81 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:31,140 If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. 82 00:05:31,140 --> 00:05:34,900 But now my kingdom is from another place. 83 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:37,720 You are King then, said Pilate. 84 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,200 Jesus answered, you say that I am a King. 85 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:47,000 In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. 86 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,440 Everyone on the side of truth listens to me. 87 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,000 What is truth, retorted Pilate. 88 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:00,700 With this, he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, I find no basis for a charge 89 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:02,200 against him. 90 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:09,280 But it is your custom for me to release to you one prisoner at the time of the Passover. 91 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:13,540 Do you want me to release the King of the Jews? 92 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:15,920 They shouted back, no, not him. 93 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,400 Give us Barabbas. 94 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:21,520 Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising. 95 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,560 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 96 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:30,120 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. 97 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:37,020 They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again saying, hail King 98 00:06:37,020 --> 00:06:38,480 of the Jews. 99 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,160 And they slapped him in the face. 100 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:48,340 Once more, Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, look, I am bringing him 101 00:06:48,340 --> 00:06:55,300 out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him. 102 00:06:55,300 --> 00:07:01,320 When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, 103 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:02,320 here is the man. 104 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:10,320 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, crucify, crucify. 105 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,180 But Pilate answered, you take him and crucify him. 106 00:07:14,180 --> 00:07:18,960 As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him. 107 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:26,080 The Jewish leaders insisted, we have a law and according to that law he must die because 108 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,480 he claimed to be the son of God. 109 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:35,300 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid and he went back inside the palace. 110 00:07:35,300 --> 00:07:37,940 Where do you come from, he asked Jesus. 111 00:07:37,940 --> 00:07:40,360 But Jesus gave him no answer. 112 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,240 Do you refuse to speak to me, Pilate said? 113 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:48,300 Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you? 114 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:55,360 Jesus answered, you would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. 115 00:07:55,360 --> 00:08:01,580 Therefore, the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin. 116 00:08:01,580 --> 00:08:06,460 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, if you 117 00:08:06,460 --> 00:08:09,680 let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. 118 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,680 Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar. 119 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:19,480 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge's seat at a place 120 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:29,560 known as the stone pavement, which in Aramaic is Gabatha. 121 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,000 It was the day of preparation of the Passover. 122 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,020 It was about noon. 123 00:08:36,020 --> 00:08:41,640 Here is your king, Pilate said to the Jews, but they shouted, take him away, take him 124 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,600 away, crucify him. 125 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,040 Shall I crucify your king, Pilate asked? 126 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,560 We have no king but Caesar, the chief priest answered. 127 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:55,680 Finally, Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. 128 00:08:55,680 --> 00:09:02,480 So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 129 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:08,000 He went out to the place of the skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 130 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:15,800 There they crucified him and with him two others, one on each side and Jesus in the 131 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,760 middle. 132 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,200 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. 133 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:26,700 It read, Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews. 134 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:32,880 Many of the Jews read this sign for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city 135 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:38,360 and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 136 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:45,100 The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, do not write the king of the Jews, 137 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:49,520 but this man claimed to be king of the Jews. 138 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:54,960 Pilate answered, what I have written, I have written. 139 00:09:54,960 --> 00:10:01,620 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, 140 00:10:01,620 --> 00:10:06,080 one for each of them with the undergarment remaining. 141 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:12,240 This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. 142 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,680 Let's not tear it, they said to one another. 143 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:19,940 Let's decide by lot who will get it. 144 00:10:19,940 --> 00:10:25,360 This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, they divided my clothes 145 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:29,260 among them and cast lots for my garment. 146 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:33,360 So this is what the soldiers did. 147 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:40,320 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary, the wife of Clopas 148 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,760 and Mary Magdalene. 149 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:49,600 When Jesus saw his mother there and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to 150 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:59,000 her, woman, here is your son and to the disciple, here is your mother. 151 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:04,240 From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. 152 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:11,840 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished and so that scripture would be fulfilled, 153 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,440 Jesus said, I am thirsty. 154 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:23,040 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk 155 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:29,220 of the hyssop plant and lifted it to Jesus' lips. 156 00:11:29,220 --> 00:11:36,200 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, it is finished. 157 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:42,640 With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. 158 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:48,440 Now it was the day of preparation and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. 159 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,520 Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, 160 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:58,160 we asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 161 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:02,800 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified 162 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,680 with Jesus and then those of the other. 163 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:11,560 But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they didn't break his 164 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:13,120 legs. 165 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:19,480 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow 166 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,500 of blood and water. 167 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:28,000 The man who saw it has given testimony and his testimony is true. 168 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:36,200 He knows that he tells the truth and he testifies so that you also may believe. 169 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:40,520 These things happen so that the scripture would be fulfilled. 170 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,720 Not one of his bones will be broken. 171 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:50,400 And as another scripture says, they will look on the one they have pierced. 172 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:56,360 Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. 173 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:04,320 Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. 174 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:08,520 With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away. 175 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:14,680 He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier has visited Jesus at night. 176 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:21,280 Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about 75 pounds. 177 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:28,680 Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it with the spices and strips of linen. 178 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:32,960 This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 179 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:38,480 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden and in the garden a new tomb 180 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:41,860 in which no one had ever been laid. 181 00:13:41,860 --> 00:13:47,760 Because it was the Jewish day of preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus 182 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,000 there. 183 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,260 The passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. 184 00:13:54,260 --> 00:14:01,000 There is a saying out there that goes like this and the saying says, you know, it's not 185 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:06,120 what you say but it's how you say it. 186 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:13,560 Which means that the way we say something actually can communicate as much or even more 187 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:17,440 than the actual words that we're using to say it. 188 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:27,200 So your tone, your volume, your body language, these things can greatly influence the message 189 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:32,220 that you're trying to communicate in the message that is being received by others. 190 00:14:32,220 --> 00:14:36,100 Let me just give you a few examples of what I'm talking about. 191 00:14:36,100 --> 00:14:40,840 Let's say for example, someone were to say, or I were to say the words, I'm fine. 192 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:46,360 Now if I were to say these words with a cheerful tone and a smile, I'm fine. 193 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:50,680 Then it communicates that actually I'm pretty content and I'm happy. 194 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:56,640 But if I were instead to say, I'm fine, then actually it communicates just the opposite. 195 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:57,640 I'm not fine. 196 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:58,640 I'm not content. 197 00:14:58,640 --> 00:14:59,640 I'm not happy. 198 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,600 And maybe I don't even want to talk about it. 199 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:02,600 Right? 200 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,360 It's all how you say it. 201 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,600 Or take this one for example. 202 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,000 That's interesting. 203 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:13,420 Now if you communicate this with a certain amount of excitement, oh, that's interesting. 204 00:15:13,420 --> 00:15:17,120 It says that you're curious and you're genuinely interested. 205 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:23,360 But if you say it with sarcasm and a bit of a dismissive tone like, that's interesting, 206 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:28,920 then it actually says, I'm not that interested and I'd rather not talk about this and I'm 207 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,240 skeptical about what you're about to tell me. 208 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,040 Here's another one. 209 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,780 I'm sorry. 210 00:15:35,780 --> 00:15:41,580 If you say these words with genuine remorse in your voice, I am so sorry, then it really 211 00:15:41,580 --> 00:15:44,320 does communicate an apology. 212 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:51,540 But if you say it and you have no remorse, like geez, sorry, then actually it communicates 213 00:15:51,540 --> 00:15:52,940 just the opposite. 214 00:15:52,940 --> 00:15:56,080 You're not sorry at all. 215 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,300 And my point is this. 216 00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:00,680 It's not just what we say. 217 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,160 It's how we say it. 218 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,980 It makes a huge difference how we say things. 219 00:16:05,980 --> 00:16:13,500 It is really important for us to understand that fact when we come to today to Good Friday. 220 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:18,880 Because on Good Friday, Jesus says a whole lot of words to us and some very important 221 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:19,880 words. 222 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:24,200 And these words are words we need to hear and we need to understand. 223 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,080 Absolutely for sure. 224 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:33,240 But in order to actually fully understand what it is Jesus is saying to us, we have 225 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:38,480 to understand not just what he's saying, but how he is saying it. 226 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:43,980 You see, all that long, we have been looking at Jesus famous last words, the last words 227 00:16:43,980 --> 00:16:47,720 that Jesus spoke as he hung dying on the cross. 228 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:52,880 But today we come to his final, final words. 229 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:59,560 You know, these are perhaps some of the most famous final words ever spoken in all of human 230 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:00,560 history. 231 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:06,340 You may not even go to church that often or that, but you probably still have heard these 232 00:17:06,340 --> 00:17:09,800 famous last words of Jesus. 233 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,580 So important, so powerful to understand. 234 00:17:12,580 --> 00:17:19,640 But in order to figure out what these last words of Jesus mean, we need to know not just 235 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:25,400 what he said, but we also have to know how he said it. 236 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,200 So let's start with the easiest question. 237 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,800 What did Jesus say? 238 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:36,240 What were those final last words that he spoke? 239 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,800 Well, I think if you've, you know, whether or not you've been to church, you've probably 240 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,920 heard and we just heard in the reading this morning that according to the gospel writer 241 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:51,560 John, when Jesus came to the end of his life, the final words he spoke were this. 242 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,400 It is finished. 243 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:55,880 He spoke these words. 244 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:57,640 It is finished. 245 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,120 And then he breathed his last. 246 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:01,360 So there you go. 247 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:02,360 That is the what. 248 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:05,780 That is what Jesus said his final last words. 249 00:18:05,780 --> 00:18:11,520 But that of course is only half the answer, right? 250 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:12,520 Half the story. 251 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:18,560 It's one thing to know what he said, but it's another to know how he said it. 252 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,160 How did he say these words? 253 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:25,080 Because the way he said it changes drastically what these words actually mean. 254 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:26,720 It can mean very, very different things. 255 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:33,480 So for example, if Jesus said the words this way, it's finished. 256 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,640 It's over. 257 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:36,640 It's done. 258 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:38,400 Then you know what? 259 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:44,680 He's saying these words as a man who is completely defeated, a man who is going out of this life 260 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,400 with a whimper. 261 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,100 He's despairing and he's dying. 262 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:52,220 My hopes are shattered. 263 00:18:52,220 --> 00:18:55,260 My dreams are dashed. 264 00:18:55,260 --> 00:18:58,200 My plans have all come to ruin. 265 00:18:58,200 --> 00:18:59,800 It's finished. 266 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,960 I'm finished. 267 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:06,120 It's all just finished. 268 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:08,160 Is that how he said it? 269 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:09,960 Is that how those words sounded? 270 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:15,040 I have to be honest to you, for many years, that's exactly how I thought it sounded. 271 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:19,080 I thought that in this moment when we heard Jesus speak these words, what we were seeing 272 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:23,080 is we were seeing Jesus at the very bottom. 273 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:30,800 This was Jesus at his weakest and most desperate and most forlorn and miserable moment. 274 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:42,240 Jesus' life is just ebbing out of him and he manages to say, it is finished. 275 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,360 That's how I used to think these words sounded. 276 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:47,840 But I don't think that anymore. 277 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:52,380 Over these past few weeks, I've had the opportunity to do a bit more studying and looking into 278 00:19:52,380 --> 00:19:55,840 these final words of Jesus. 279 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,280 And I've come to a different conclusion. 280 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:04,720 I've actually come to realize that the scriptures tell us not just what Jesus said, it is finished, 281 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:09,080 but they actually do tell us how he said it. 282 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,360 And how did Jesus say these famous last words? 283 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:15,840 Well, I'd never really noticed it before, but if you put it all together, it's pretty 284 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:16,840 clear. 285 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,040 Here's the amazing thing. 286 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,400 He shouted these last words. 287 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,720 He shouted them. 288 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:30,320 You see, Matthew tells us that when Jesus had cried out in a loud voice, he gave up 289 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:31,320 his spirit. 290 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:33,600 He shouted at the very end. 291 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:40,080 And Mark tells us that Jesus let out a loud cry and then he breathed his last. 292 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,400 So Matthew and Mark, they say, hey, listen, let me tell you something. 293 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,920 We saw this, we heard about this, and man, oh man, it was amazing. 294 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:51,020 Right at the very end, the last thing Jesus said, it was loud. 295 00:20:51,020 --> 00:20:52,020 He shouted it. 296 00:20:52,020 --> 00:20:53,020 He yelled it. 297 00:20:53,020 --> 00:20:54,280 Now, it's interesting. 298 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:58,760 Matthew and Mark don't tell us what he said. 299 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,520 They just tell us how he said it. 300 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:04,760 John, on the other hand, comes along and tells us what he said. 301 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,280 It is finished. 302 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:07,280 It's finished. 303 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,000 Now, there's a little more to this. 304 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:16,360 And that is, it is finished is actually just one word in Aramaic, the language that Jesus 305 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:17,360 would have spoken. 306 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:23,080 And it's actually just one word in Greek, the language that the New Testament is written 307 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:24,080 in. 308 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:29,560 And that one word was this Greek word, tetelestai, tetelestai. 309 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,520 And it means to complete something, means to finish something. 310 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,020 So let's put it all together, folks. 311 00:21:36,020 --> 00:21:43,720 When you put what was said together with how it was said and realizing that it really was 312 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:51,040 just one word that was said, then I think this is probably more how it sounded. 313 00:21:51,040 --> 00:22:03,040 Completed, finished, done, tetelestai, finished. 314 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,360 That's very different, isn't it? 315 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:06,600 That's a very different sound. 316 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,240 It's all in how you say it. 317 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:18,360 And if Jesus said it that way, finished, well, that means this is not a cry of defeat. 318 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:20,400 Oh, I'm finished. 319 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:24,120 No, no, it's a cry of victory. 320 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:28,320 And that means that actually then Good Friday, what we're doing here today, Good Friday is 321 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:35,440 not just a sad and solemn day, but it's actually a day of celebration of some sort, some sort 322 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:36,640 of accomplishment. 323 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:40,040 Something's been finished, finished, done. 324 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:41,760 Mission accomplished. 325 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:48,920 You see, months earlier, Jesus had been talking that he was on this mission, right? 326 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,320 He was doing something. 327 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,760 He began talking about the part of his mission was going to be that he was going to go and 328 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,560 suffer and he was going to die. 329 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,120 And then he was going to rise from the dead. 330 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:01,760 In fact, halfway through Luke's gospel, he says, hey, listen, the son of man, me, must 331 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,920 suffer many things and must be rejected and he must be killed. 332 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,560 And on the third day he'll be raised to life. 333 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:12,020 And then we're told that Jesus resolutely set his face towards Jerusalem. 334 00:23:12,020 --> 00:23:14,200 His friends said, no, Jesus, you can't go and die. 335 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:15,720 No, Jesus, you're misunderstanding. 336 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:16,720 That's not the mission. 337 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,880 But Jesus says, no, you don't understand the mission. 338 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,680 This is my mission. 339 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,040 So as strange as it is, Jesus says, this is my fate. 340 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:25,320 This is where I'm going. 341 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,700 This is where the story goes. 342 00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:33,880 And so when Jesus says finish, he's completing what he started. 343 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,000 It's not a cry of agony. 344 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:41,280 It's a cry of completion, the cry of accomplishment. 345 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,120 See it's not just what Jesus said. 346 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,200 It's how he said it. 347 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:49,080 I mean, I hope you guys are starting to see that it's all about the how. 348 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:50,080 Hey, you want it. 349 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,520 You want to know how Jesus said this? 350 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,680 Let me give you a few examples. 351 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:58,840 Jesus said this like a servant would say it, like a servant who had just completed a task 352 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:00,040 for his master. 353 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,680 And the servant would go back to the master and he would say, Hey, master, to tell us 354 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,480 I finished, it's all done. 355 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,320 I've done what you asked me to do. 356 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,800 That's how Jesus said it. 357 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,560 He's the ultimate servant, right? 358 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:14,560 He served others. 359 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,240 He laid his life down for others. 360 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,480 And at the end, he says to the father, father, to tell us die. 361 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,700 It's all finished, completed. 362 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:23,880 The work is done that you gave me to do. 363 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,080 That's how he said it. 364 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:27,080 That's how he said it. 365 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,080 You want to know how he said it? 366 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:33,760 Jesus said it like a soldier, like a soldier who is returning from battle where, where 367 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,440 the soldiers had been victorious. 368 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:39,160 And as he's walking back into town and he's waving to the townspeople, he's saying to 369 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:45,720 tell us die finished, completed victory, victory to tell us die. 370 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,360 That's how Jesus says it. 371 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:52,840 He says it, not giving the last gasp of a worn out life. 372 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:59,020 He says it, declaring victory over evil, victory over sin and death. 373 00:24:59,020 --> 00:25:00,020 That's how he says it. 374 00:25:00,020 --> 00:25:02,840 Or hey, you want to know how Jesus is saying this? 375 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:03,840 We know what he said. 376 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:05,160 You want to know how Jesus says it? 377 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,800 He says it like an artist, like an artist who has been working on this great painting, 378 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:14,000 this great work of art, this great sculpture that has taken so, so long. 379 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,560 And now that it's finally done, the artist, she stands back and she looks at it and she 380 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,720 says to tell us die. 381 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:21,720 It's done. 382 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:22,720 It's beautiful. 383 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:23,840 It's amazing. 384 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,120 It's finished. 385 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:26,480 That's how Jesus said it. 386 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:31,680 See, Jesus, God has been working this wonderful work of art, this wonderful tapestry, God's 387 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:36,100 plan to save the world from the beginning of God's story to the very end. 388 00:25:36,100 --> 00:25:41,520 And Jesus' death is the final stroke in that work of art in God's masterpiece, to tell 389 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:42,520 us die. 390 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:43,520 Right? 391 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,760 It's finished and it's good. 392 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,120 That's how he said it. 393 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:50,640 Well, how about this? 394 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,680 What if he said it like a prisoner? 395 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:53,680 That's how he said it. 396 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:58,640 He said it like a prisoner, like a prisoner whose time is finally up after being in jail. 397 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,240 A Roman citizen was put in jail. 398 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:05,800 There was a notice posted by his cell that would say how long he had to serve and what 399 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,600 his crimes were. 400 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,040 But then eventually one day the judge would walk into the prison and he would take that 401 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,920 down and he would scratch out the bottom and he would write at the bottom of the certificate 402 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,620 of debt, he would write to tell us die, to tell us die. 403 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:22,400 And the prisoner would grab that and he would yell to tell us die. 404 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:23,500 It's finished. 405 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:25,080 My time is finished. 406 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,680 I'm a freed prisoner. 407 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:27,920 And that's what Jesus is saying. 408 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,320 That's how he's saying it. 409 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,440 Because we now are freed prisoners. 410 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:36,800 He, Jesus has paid a price that we never could have paid by ourself and he's paid it on our 411 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:43,120 behalf and he has freed us and set us free from the prison of our sins and so on. 412 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:44,120 Tell us die. 413 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:46,120 Freedom finished. 414 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:47,160 That's how. 415 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,160 That's how he said it. 416 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:52,280 Hey, if you still don't know how, remember you got to know how. 417 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:53,640 Maybe he said it like this. 418 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,920 Maybe he said it like a merchant would say at a shopkeeper. 419 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,400 People come into his store and they say, I'll take a little bit of oil and I'll take some 420 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,560 grain and I'll take a length of rope. 421 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,980 And when they go and they add it all up, the merchant gives it to the customer. 422 00:27:05,980 --> 00:27:07,960 The customer gives the merchant some money. 423 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,920 And then the merchant, the shopkeeper would write at the bottom, tell us die. 424 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,480 Paid in full. 425 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,500 Nothing else is left owing. 426 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:17,920 Have a great day. 427 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,440 To tell us die. 428 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,000 That's how it sounded. 429 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,720 That's how it sounded. 430 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:25,840 Or here you really want to know. 431 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:26,840 Let's end with this one. 432 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,920 You really want to know how it sounded? 433 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:35,680 I think it sounded like God sounded when the creator who made this amazing world, we're 434 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,080 told that on the sixth day he finished it. 435 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,960 He completed the work and then he rested. 436 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,480 To tell us die. 437 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,260 It's finished. 438 00:27:45,260 --> 00:27:53,000 And now Jesus on the sixth day of the week, Jesus too has completed his work, not of creating 439 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,080 the world, but of redeeming the world. 440 00:27:55,080 --> 00:28:00,200 And so Jesus can sit down and he can say to tell us die. 441 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:01,200 It's finished. 442 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,900 The work is done. 443 00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:06,280 Do you understand? 444 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,320 It is not just what you say. 445 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,440 It is how you say it. 446 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:18,720 The how is so, so, so important, but we're not quite done just yet because it's something 447 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:20,120 else we still need to know. 448 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:23,360 And that is how do you say it? 449 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:28,000 When you say it's finished, how do you say it? 450 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,480 Because there's actually more than one way. 451 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:34,320 There's actually two main ways that people say these words. 452 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,320 It is finished. 453 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:43,480 You see a lot of people, they go about their life and they say it like this. 454 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,600 It's finished. 455 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,240 They live their life like they're defeated. 456 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,120 They live lives of guilt. 457 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,600 They live lives of shame, lives of fear. 458 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,500 They live lives of condemnation. 459 00:28:57,500 --> 00:29:03,000 They feel so beat up by life that everything they do and everything they say, it just seems 460 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:09,640 to communicate, gosh, it's finished. 461 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:14,000 We hear our past say to us, it's finished. 462 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,200 We hear people say to us, you're finished. 463 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,880 We hear that voice in our head saying, you're not good enough. 464 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,480 You're not attractive enough. 465 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:23,920 You're not smart enough. 466 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,560 You're not successful enough. 467 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,400 You're finished. 468 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:28,960 And we believe those voices. 469 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:29,960 I'm finished. 470 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:30,960 It's finished. 471 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,680 That's how some people say it. 472 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,680 Or maybe there's some stuff that's happened in your life in the past. 473 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,680 You had some very bad breaks and some people hurt you. 474 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:46,920 You experienced some really unfair situations and you carry that bitterness with you and 475 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:51,400 you carry that loneliness with you and that anger wherever you go and you live a life 476 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:56,520 that is like defeated and despairing and discouraged and disappointed and depressed. 477 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:57,600 And so you know how we say it? 478 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,920 We say it's finished. 479 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,400 My hope is finished. 480 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,560 My joy is finished. 481 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,040 I'm finished. 482 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,440 That's how some people say it. 483 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,720 Is that how you say it? 484 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,840 Because that's not how we should say it. 485 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,100 At least that's not how we should say it anymore. 486 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:24,040 Because when Jesus said finished, he wasn't just talking about his victory. 487 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,400 He was talking about yours as well. 488 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:32,920 When Jesus says finished, he wasn't just talking about his amazing purpose. 489 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,240 He was talking about you too. 490 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:41,480 When Jesus said it's all done to tell us die, he wasn't just talking to himself. 491 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,480 He was talking to you. 492 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,680 He was talking to me. 493 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:50,360 He was saying that guilt you feel finished. 494 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,400 Those hurts finished. 495 00:30:53,400 --> 00:31:03,520 The anger, the bitterness, that inadequacy you feel finished, finished, finished. 496 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:08,320 Instead of lamenting all your problems and your addictions and your troubles and saying, 497 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,480 I guess this is just the way I'm going to have to live my life. 498 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:12,480 I'm finished. 499 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,080 No, that's not how you say it now. 500 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,400 Now you say it this way. 501 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,080 You announce to your addictions finished. 502 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,980 You announce to your hurts finished. 503 00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:28,240 You announce to those things that control you finished. 504 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,940 Those habits, you don't control me anymore. 505 00:31:30,940 --> 00:31:33,520 Those hurts, you don't hold sway over me anymore. 506 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,240 It's finished, right? 507 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:36,720 Christ has redeemed me. 508 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:37,940 You're finished. 509 00:31:37,940 --> 00:31:39,080 The price has been paid. 510 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,200 I am free. 511 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,200 I am clean. 512 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,200 I am whole. 513 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,120 Finished, finished, finished, finished. 514 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,780 You can tell the past finished. 515 00:31:47,780 --> 00:31:49,920 You can tell the pain finished. 516 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,000 Tell your worries. 517 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,560 That is not who I am anymore. 518 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:54,720 Finished. 519 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:59,320 And those voices, those voices that are constantly telling you, oh, you're not good enough. 520 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,100 You're not attractive enough, smart enough. 521 00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:02,640 You can shout right back at them. 522 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,400 You can shout back at them. 523 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,680 Finished. 524 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,040 I know who I am. 525 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,040 You're finished. 526 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:11,040 It's finished. 527 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:12,040 I'm a child of God. 528 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,360 I'm redeemed by Jesus Christ. 529 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:18,480 You can say with the apostle Paul, thanks be to God who gives us the victory through 530 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,280 our Lord Jesus Christ. 531 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:21,560 Finished. 532 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:28,640 You can say in all things, we are more than conquerors through him who has loved us. 533 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:29,840 Finished. 534 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,120 To Telestai. 535 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,780 It's not what you say, my friends. 536 00:32:34,780 --> 00:32:37,000 It's how you say it. 537 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:43,420 And so tell me, what is it you are living with today? 538 00:32:43,420 --> 00:32:52,200 What is it you are going through today that you need to say, finished? 539 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:57,880 Not I am finished, but it is finished. 540 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:02,380 How you say it makes all the difference. 541 00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:08,260 And because Christ has said it, we can say it too. 542 00:33:08,260 --> 00:33:09,260 Because you know what? 543 00:33:09,260 --> 00:33:12,720 His victory is our victory. 544 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,240 His future is now our future. 545 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:21,920 And that means his words are our words too. 546 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,640 Complete. 547 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:25,920 Accomplished. 548 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,800 Finished. 549 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:30,800 Thanks be to God. 550 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:45,420 Amen.