Dying Words - I Thirst

JACK HAYFORD
“He is bringing His final sermon - a message of all time, to be proclaimed from the elevated pulpit of His cross…” 

JOHN 19:28-30
28 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.

MARK 15:21-23
21 And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). 23 And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 

F.F. BRUCE
“The wine would be the sour wine or posca (water, wine, and vinegar) used by Roman soldiers. In Mark, Jesus declines the drink, apparently without tasting, desiring to suffer with a clear mind.”

DIVINE PROVIDENCE

Providence: foresight or making provision beforehand

JOHN 19:28
28 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. 

PSALM 69:20-21
20 Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. 21 They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink.

The time of His birth (Daniel 8 & 9).
He would be born in Bethlehem. (Micah 5:2)
He would be born of a virgin. (Isaiah 7:14)
He would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. (Zechariah 11:12) He would be mocked. (Psalm 22:7,8)
He would be crucified. (John 3:14) (pointing back to Moses lifting up the serpent for healing in Exodus) 
He would be pierced. (Psalms 22:16)
He would die with the wicked, but He would be buried with the rich. (Isaiah 53:9)

JOHN 19:28
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. 

PSALM 51:7
“Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.”

DIVINE HUMILITY

JACK HAYFORD
“… the one reason Jesus asked for something to drink had to do with what He was about to say. The biblical setting made that unmistakably clear. As the Word incarnate was about to bring his final sermon - a message for all time, to first be proclaimed from the elevated pulpit of His cross - He needed to clear His voice. The announcement to follow was not to be muttered or choked but trumpeted so that all mankind throughout all history would be able to hear it. But to prepare for that moment, He needed help.” 

JAMES 5:13-16
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 

DIVINE THIRST

MATTHEW 20:20-22
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her so