What does The Bible say about it is finished?
“It is finished,” is the heartbeat of Christ’s finished work on the cross. Jesus drank the cup of God’s wrath, and not a single drop fell from His cup. “It is finished” means that Christians have hope in Jesus Christ. “It is finished” means that we now have freedom because of the blood of Christ. This beautiful phrase means hope for us who cling to Him, freedom carved out by His blood, and a wide-open door to know the Father.
“It is finished” means that we can now have a relationship with the Father and build a relationship with Him. I want to ask you an honest question: How thankful are you for the gospel of Jesus Christ? I’m not asking you to lie to yourself. I want you to be 100% transparent. Is it something that you think about? When we look to the gospel of Christ, we should shout with Jesus because we realize what was done for us. He made a way for us to know and experience Him. What’s greater than that? There is nothing more precious than that. There is nothing more precious than the blood of our Savior. One of the most earth-shaking things you’ll ever hear in Scripture is ‘It is finished.” Let’s dive into these 30 verses.
1. John 19:30 (NIV) – “When he had received the drink, Jesus said, ‘It is finished.’ With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.”
2. John 17:4 (ESV) – “I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.”
3. Hebrews 10:12 (NASB) – “But He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God.”
4. Romans 6:10 (NKJV) – “For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.”
5. Colossians 2:14 (KJV) – “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.”
6. Hebrews 9:26 (NLT) – “But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice.”
7. Luke 23:46 (NIV) – “Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ When he had said this, he breathed his last.”
8. 1 Peter 3:18 (ESV) – “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.”
9. Isaiah 53:5 (NASB) – “But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed.”
10. Hebrews 1:3 (NKJV) – “Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.”
11. Revelation 21:6 (KJV) – “And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.”
12. Galatians 3:13 (NLT) – “But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing.”
13. John 4:34 (NIV) – “‘My food,’ said Jesus, ‘is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.’”
14. Philippians 1:6 (ESV) – “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”
15. 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NASB) – “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
16. Romans 5:8 (NKJV) – “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
17. Hebrews 7:27 (KJV) – “Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.”
18. 1 John 2:2 (NLT) – “He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.”
19. Matthew 27:50-51 (NIV) – “And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.”
20. Titus 2:14 (ESV) – “Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.”
21. Romans 8:3 (NASB) – “For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh.”
23. Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV) – “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
24. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (KJV) – “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”
25. Ephesians 1:7 (NLT) – “He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.”
26. Isaiah 53:11 (ESV) – “Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.”