Crashaw: Matt. 27, And He answered them nothing

Thursday, April 14, 2022
    Maundy Thursday
Meditation:
    And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
    —Matthew 27:12 (KJV)
Quotation:
And He answered them nothing.

Mighty Nothing! unto thee,
Nothing, we owe all things that be.
God spake once when He all things made,
He saved all when He Nothing said.
The world was made of Nothing then;
’Tis made by Nothing now again.
    ... Richard Crashaw (1613-1649), The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, London: J. R. Smith, 1858, p. 22 (see the book)
    See also Matt. 27:12; Gen. 1:2-3; Acts 8:32-33
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, from nothing You made us and loved us.

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