It Is Finished!

"It is finished, a comprehensive word, and a comfortable one. (1.) It is finished, that is, the malice and enmity of his persecutors…. (2.) It is finished, that is, the counsel and commandment of his Father concerning his sufferings were now fulfilled…. (3.) It is finished, that is, all the types and prophecies of the Old Testament, which pointed at the sufferings of the Messiah, were accomplished and answered…. (4.) It is finished, that is, the ceremonial law is abolished, and a period put to the obligation of it…. (5.) It is finished, that is, sin is finished, and an end made of transgression, by the bringing in of an everlasting righteousness…. (6.) It is finished, that is, his sufferings were now finished, both those of his soul and those of his body…. (7.) It is finished, that is, his life was now finished, he was just ready to breathe his last, and now he is no more in this world…I have finished my course, my race is run…. (8.) It is finished, that is, the work of man's redemption and salvation is now completed, at least the hardest part of the undertaking is over; a full satisfaction is made to the justice of God, a fatal blow given to the power of Satan, a fountain of grace opened that shall ever flow, a foundation of peace and happiness laid that shall never fail.… And, as in the purchase, so in the application of the redemption, he that has begun a good work will perform it; the mystery of God shall be finished." – Matthew Henry