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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: Why Jesus Said He Was Thirsty on the Cross
Description: After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”John 19:28We could list passage after passage from the Old Testament that was fulfilled by Jesus’ words here, but let’s focus on just two of them:First, Psalm 22 is an amazing prophecy depicting the cross in extraordinary detail. It was written a thousand years before the time of Christ, in a culture where crucifixion was unknown:“All who see me mock me… they wag their heads; ‘He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him’” (22:7-8...