What does “Father, forgive them” teach me?

That forgiveness can be offered before anyone asks for it. Jesus prays for the men driving the nails, and gives the reason: “they know not what they do.”

From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.

Where it sits in the book

Part

2: Jesus Beyond the Religious Construct

Gate

2.10: The Passion and the Cross

In print

Page 74

• ← 2.10.5 · What was crucifixion, and why does it matter that Jesus died that way?
• 2.10.7 → · Did God abandon Jesus on the cross?
• All of Part 2

Topics

• Enemies, love of
• Forgiveness
• Cross, words from the

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