“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends if ye do the things which I command you.” (John xv. 13, 14.)
“But now I go unto him that sent me, and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? But because I have spoken these things unto you sorrow hath filled your heart.” (John xv. 5, 6.)
“A little while and ye behold me no more, and again a little while and ye shall see me.” (John xv. 16.)
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.” (John xvi. 20.)
“And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee.” (John xvii. 11.)
“Again the high priest asked him and saith unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am, and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” (Mark xiv. 62.)
To Pilate he said, “I am a king”; and “Thou wouldst have no power against me, except it were given thee from above.” (John xviii. 33 to 37; xix. 11.)
To the penitent thief he said, “Verily, I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (Luke xxiii. 43.)
When he had cried with a loud voice he said, “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.” (Luke xxiii. 46.) And all the Evangelists, four witnesses, say that he “gave up,” or “yielded up,” the ghost.