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“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost” (John 19:3030When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:30)).
We find that blessed, divine expression—“It is finished”—in the Gospel of John rather than the Gospel of Mark. The Servant, perfect though He be, never takes it upon Himself to pronounce the work that His Master has given Him to do as finished. It is the eternal Son—He who had said, “The cup which My Father hath given Me, shall I not drink it?”—who in all the glory and dignity of that Person announces that the work is forever, perfectly finished.