After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed, and to fulfil the scripture perfectly he said: ‘I am thirsty’. A jar full of vinegar stood there, so putting a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick they held it up to his mouth. After Jesus had taken the vinegar he said, ‘It is accomplished’; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit.
John 19:28–30.
‘God So Loved the World’, from the oratorio The Crucifixion by Sir John Stainer (1840–1901), sung here by Tenebrae, conducted by Nigel Short.
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