"See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands..." Isaiah 49:16
("Alluding to the Jews' custom--perhaps drawn from Ex. 13:9--of puncturing on their hands a representation of their city and temple, in token of zeal for them." From Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary on the Whole Bible.)
"Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands..." Luke 24:38-39
(Jesus to His disciples, as He was reassuring them after His resurrection.)
On this Good Friday, what a wonder it is to consider our Savior's wounds. By them we are inseparably linked to Him, and He is inseparably linked to us. His value is found there, our value to Him is there as well. What love this is!
Spurgeon said it best... http://www.mindofchrist.net/0008/0254.htm*
*I heard part of this quoted by our pastor at a communion service last night.
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