24. In what prayer for those who crucified Him did Christ manifest the true spirit of the gospel,—love for sinners?
“Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” Luke 23:34.
25. With what words did the chief priests and others mock Jesus while on the cross?
“Likewise also the chief priests mocking Him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him.” Matt. 27:41, 42.
Note.—In their blindness they could not see that Christ could not save others and save Himself at the same time.
26. As He cried out in agony on the cross, and said, “I thirst,” what was given Him?
“And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink.” Verse 48. See John 19:28, 29.
27. What closed this terrible scene?
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said [pg 168] It is finished: and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost.” John 19:30.
28. By what miracle, and phenomenon in nature did God indicate the character of the deed which was being committed?