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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 19:30).
The Lord Jesus spoke seven times while He was on the cross, and what is recorded here is the sixth one. It is recorded only in John’s gospel, the gospel that portrays the Lord Jesus as the Son of God. As the Son of God, He could dismiss His own spirit, and He did so in full command of what was happening. We learn from other gospels that when He said those words, “It is finished,” He said them in a loud voice, and with His head erect. Then He bowed His head, and said, “Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit” (Luke 23:46). All this showed clearly that He was the Son of God.
The expression “It is finished” was a triumphant cry, for the work of bearing that awful load of sin was done. Now you and I can rest on that finished work, for nothing needs to be added to it, nor can anything be added to it. God has shown His acceptance of that work by raising the Lord Jesus from the dead, for God is not only satisfied with that work; He is glorified by it.
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