Spiritual Reading Activity #5

The Seven Words of Our Lord on the Cross


  • 0. Introduction

  • 1. First Statement - "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." (Luke 23:34)

  • 2. Second Statement - "Assuredly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise." (Luke 23:43)

  • 3. Third Statement: "Woman, behold your son.... behold your mother." (John 29:26-27)

  • 4. Fourth Statement: "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" (Matthew 27:46)

  • 5. Fifth Statement: "I thirst!" (John 19:28)

  • 6. Sixth & Seventh Statements: "It is finished" (John 19:30) & "Father, into your hands I commit My Spirit." (Luke 23:46)