The Siete Palabras are Christ's Last Words FROM the Cross. Bishop Fulton Sheen discovered that there were also Seven Words addressed TO the Cross.
1. From the passers-by: "You would pull the temple down, would you, and build it in three days? come down from the cross and save yourself, if you are indeed the Son of God.
2. From the good thief: "Jesus, remember me when you come to your throne."
3. From the bad (?) thief: "Are you not the messiah? Save yourself and us."
4. From the chief priests, scribes and Pharisees: "He saved others, but he cannot save himself. King of Israel, indeed! Let him come down now from the cross and then we will believe in him. Did he trust in God? Let God rescue him, if he wants him--for he said he was God's son.
5. From one who stood by: "Hark, he is calling Eliaj..Let us see if Elijah will come to take him down."
6. From the soldiers: "If you are the king of the Jews save yourself."
7. From the centurion: "Truly this Man was son of God."
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