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Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the Ghost.
 
Seven wonders
 
There were seven wonders which made the death of Christ exceedingly remarkable.
I. Over His head was written an inscription in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." That there should be a distinct recognition of His kingship over the Jewish people has ever been regarded as one of the most remarkable splendors of the Savior's death. Typical of His sovereignty over the entire Church, which is but the prelude to His sovereignty over all worlds. Is He King in your heart?
II. The conversion of the thief (Luk 23:1-56.). See here the majesty of Christ as a Savior, even in His misery as an atonement. What the thief saw about Christ let us all endeavor to see-His almighty power to save. God hath laid help upon One that is mighty. Trust Him only and fully.
III. The total darkness at noon-day made a fitting cavern into which Christ might retire. A picture of Christ's tremendous power. Your darkness is never so black as His.
IV. The rending of the veil. An eminent type of the departure of God from the symbolical dispensation. It was all over now. Now there was no veil between man and God. The dying Savior rends away forever every impediment which shuts us out from the Most High.
V. The earthquake. Here we see Christ's lordship over the world. The Lord of Providence.
VI. The resurrection of certain of the saints. How I should like to know something about them! They were representative men; they arose as specimens of the way in which all the saints shall in their due time arise.
VII. The confession of the centurion. A picture of Christ's convincing power. I hope we have felt this convincing power-it lies in the doctrine of the cross. The unrecorded wonder connected with the cross of Christ is that when we hear of it our hearts do not break, and that our dead souls do not rise. (C. H. Spurgeon.)

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