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"The Seven Last Words on the Cross and the Death of our Lord" . A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture. B. Herder. Long, Simon Peter (1966). The Wounded Word: A Brief Meditation on the Seven Sayings of Christ on the Cross. Baker Books. Pink, Arthur (2005). The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross. Baker Books. ISBN 0-8010-6573-9.
Others see these words in the context of Psalm 22 and suggest that Jesus recited these words, perhaps even the whole psalm, "that he might show himself to be the very Being to whom the words refer; so that the Jewish scribes and people might examine and see the cause why he would not descend from the cross; namely, because this very psalm ...
Paul Carr: Seven Last Words from the Cross for soloist, choir and orchestra (2013) [9] Juan Jurado: Seven Words (2013) for mixed choir and four cellos. Rotting Christ: Ze Nigmar (2016) Richard Burchard: The Seven Last Words of Christ for choir, strings, and organ (2016) [10]
Matthew 7:9 is the ninth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse presents the first of a pair of metaphors explaining the benefits of prayer.
The seven meditations on the Last Words are excerpted from all four gospels. The "Earthquake" movement derives from Matthew 27:51ff. Much of the work is consolatory, but the "Earthquake" brings a contrasting element of supernatural intervention—the orchestra is asked to play presto e con tutta la forza—and closes with the only fortississimo (triple forte) in the piece.
[7] [8] [9] As a physical devotion involving standing, kneeling and genuflections, the Stations of the Cross are tied with the Christian themes of repentance and mortification of the flesh. [1] [10] The style, form, and placement of the stations vary widely. The typical stations are small plaques with reliefs or paintings placed around a church ...
The dominant reading is that the two expressions are both referring to the same thing and the same group of people. To Nolland, this verse is not an attack on any particular group, but rather a continuation of the theme of God and Mammon begun at Matthew 6:24 and that verse is an attack on wasteful spending.
[7] Glossa Ordinaria: "Or, the corners of the streets, are the places where one way crosses another, and makes four cross-ways." [7] Pseudo-Chrysostom: "He forbids us to pray in an assembly with the intent of being seen of that assembly, as He adds, that they may be seen of men. He that prays therefore should do nothing singular that might ...