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Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Happy Good Friday.
The whole of it was finished--the final and complete Sacrifice. Some translations say, "it is accomplished".
Thank you Jesus!
When Jesus was threatened by the ruling elite he told them, " No one starts to build a house without first calculating what it will cost to complete it.
When Jesus said "it is finished", an accounting term, teleíose, was used.
It means paid in full.
I am intrigued---can you supply the place that records Jesus stating "no one starts to build a house without first calculating what it will cost to complete it"----I, SIMPLY, do not remember ever reading that in the NT. ALSO----who was da "RULING
ELITE"??