Tetelestai

There is one word

Not many know

Though its meaning

Strong and clear

He cried it aloud

When He was dying

On the cross

At Calvary

Six other statements

He made that day

And none of them

Insignificant

And even though

Each truly great

I find this one

Magnificent

Father God, forgive them

They know not what they do

He prayed to God in Heaven

Still loving me and you

To the thief that hung beside him

He gave these words of hope

Today to Paradise you will go

His sin God did revoke

Eloi Eloi Lema Sabachthani

He cried when all went black

For all our sins He did carry

As God then turned His back

Then to Mary, He gave John

And to John He did give Mary

Mother and son they now become

Each other they would carry

Through all the pain and suffering

His thirst became so great

A wine filled sponge they offered Him

With vinegar to add some taste

Into Your hands I commit My Spirit

He cried to His Father above

Just one more shall be heard

All this was done in love

And what He said in final breath

He said in Victory

Clear and true His voice did cry

His final word, Tetelestai

The Bible has just three small words

Its translation does lack some

What we read says, “It is finished”

But He used only one

He did not say that He was finished

For this was not the case

Tetelestai is what He cried

His actions full of grace

What this word means, what it defines

Is an act or job completed

Never again throughout all time

Need it be repeated

© 2019 Colin Williams