We just learned about Jesus telling Mary and John to take care of each other.
When Jesus had been on the cross a long time, he was almost ready to die.
He cried out My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Jesus was going to die while carrying the sin of the whole world with him.
In the book of Psalms, King David had written a song that began like that, and then goes on to talk about being in pain and suffering, but then being delivered by God and praising God as he rules over all the nations.
Jesus talked a lot about things that prophets said were going to happen, and many times told people that he was proof that some of the prophecies were coming true.
Psalms were poetry and songs that were written mostly by King David about 1,000 years before Jesus came along.
Psalm #22 in the book of Psalms starts off with: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
which is exactly what Jesus said. He knew every word of every Psalm.
The Psalm goes on to say: "a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet. They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment."
Jesus was on the cross with his hands and feet pierced, and the solders had divided up his clothes and cast lots for them.
It goes on at the end to tell how the Lord will rule over the nations, and ends with: "They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!"
Jesus talked in parables a lot, and did things that were part of fulfilling the prophecies of the prophets from long ago.
King David's Psalm was written over 1,000 years before Jesus came along, but on the cross he was still fulfilling the prophecy, and even said the first line of the Psalm that talked about what was happening.
(from: wikipedia - crucifixion of jesus)
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