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Instagram, and the Paul Tripp app. This week, Paul wants to remind you that even the smallest

details in scripture, like the mention of the Hissop branch at Jesus' crucifixion, reveal God's

sovereign plan, declaring Christ as the ultimate Passover lamb who frees us from sin.

Here's this week's Wednesday's word.

The last two weeks we've been looking at familiar stories in the Gospel of John,

slowing down and zooming in on small details that we might typically breeze past in our Bible reading.

When we read the Word of God like archaeologists and detectives, we'll discover hidden treasures on every page.

I want to do that one more time, perhaps with the most familiar story of all, the crucifixion of Christ.

Quote, after this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said to fulfill the scripture,

I thirst. A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine

on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine,

he said, it is finished. And he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. End quote. John 19, 28 through 30.

If you have the cross-reference option turned on in your digital Bible, you will see that Jesus'

declaration of thirst is linked back to Psalm 6921.

Quote, they gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink, end

quote.

That itself is remarkable that in his final moments of unthinkable excruciating pain,

Jesus would fulfill an Old Testament prophecy.

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