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Save Me From the Lion’s Mouth

Christ on the cross (1631), by Rembrandt

Psalm 22:20 (KJV) Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

 

Luke 23:46  And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

 

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Cast Lots

TENTH STATION Jesus is stripped of his garments

Psalm 22:18 (KJV) They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

 

John 19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

 

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They Divide My Garments Among Them

Psalm 22:17  I can count all of my bones.
They look and stare at me.
18 They divide my garments among them.
    They cast lots for my clothing.

Luke 23:34  Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”

Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots. 35 The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”

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