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*The ultimate – Jesus, in His humanity, identified with us and
thus satisfied the penalty of the curse
*here is where we find the significance of Jesus’ reference to
Psalm 69— this Psalm is associated with righteous suffering
M.B.C. NOTES
The Gospel of JOHN
Part 168: I Thirst!
John 19:28-30
Seeing the Humanity of Jesus
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
“After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the
Scripture), ‘I thirst.’ 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a
sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.
30
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he
bowed his head and gave up his spirit.”
John 19:28-30
‘after this’ – that is, ‘as these details unfold’ – points to a
determined movement towards the ‘end’
=NOT simply a reference to the mechanical process
=BUT rather, a reference to awareness of fulfillment
we see this highlighted in the phrase— “Jesus, knowing that all
was now finished…”
POINT: Jesus knows that the steps in this process have been
part of a designed plan . . . no accidents…no coincident
=the pain, the suffering, the impending death – all are part of
what Peter calls in Acts 2:23—
“…the definite plan and foreknowledge of God…”
=And Jesus KNOWS this!
Jesus’ words are drawn from Psalm 69—
“I am weary with my crying out;
my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God . . .
They gave me poison for food,
and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.”
“After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the
Scripture), ‘I thirst.’ ”
John 19:28
=Jesus was fully human (not simply a “spirit Christ”)
=Jesus IS both God and man –
“How truly man he is; he is indeed, ‘bone of our bones and flesh of our
flesh,’ for he bears our infirmities…Jesus was proved to be really man,
because he suffered the pains which belong to manhood. Angels cannot
suffer thirst. A phantom [spirit], as some have called him could not
suffer in this fashion; but Jesus really suffered [and He] endured thirst to
an extreme degree, for it was the thirst of death that came upon him…
That thirst was caused…by the loss of blood, and the fever created by
the irritation caused by his four grievous wounds…as the weight of his
body dragged the nails through his blessed flesh, and tore his tender
nerves. The extreme tension produced a burning feverishness. It was
pain that dried his mouth and made it like an oven, till he declared, in
the language of the twenty-second Psalm, ‘My tongue cleaveth to my
jaws’ . . . Our Lord was so truly man that all our griefs remind us of
him: the next time [you] are truly thirsty…gaze upon him; and whenever we see a friend…thirsting while dying we may [see Jesus’
suffering] dimly, but truly mirrored…How near [and how related to us]
the thirsty Savior is...” C. H. Spurgeon, Shortest of the Seven Cries
Seeing His Substitution for Our Sin
Psalm 69:3, 21
Jesus experienced real thirst and all that it implies!
so the words of the OT and the reality of thirst are important
What is the significance of Jesus saying, “I thirst”?
*The obvious – physical thirst which highlights the reality of His
humanity! Jesus was human and experienced unimaginable
suffering
“After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the
Scripture), ‘I thirst.’ ”
John 19:28
*Psalm 69:21, not only includes specific reference to thirst, but
is alluded to in John 19:29–30
Did Jesus know he was fulfilling this Scripture?
every part of Jesus’ passion was not only in the Father’s plan
of redemption. . .
it was also a consequence of the Son’s direct obedience to it!
this was a conscious, willing act of substitution on our behalf