6. John 19:30. “It is finished.”
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According to the Joseph Smith Translation, Jesus said, “Father, it is finished, thy will is done” (Matthew 27:50, footnote 50a). Why did the Savior have to die in order to accomplish Heavenly Father’s will? (See 2 Nephi 9:5; 3 Nephi 27:13–16. If you used the attention activity, invite class members to share their ideas on how to answer the child’s question.)
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President Spencer W. Kimball said: “He needed to die, that he might open the graves of all men as his own tomb was opened. Without the deep darkness of the crucifixion hour, there could have been no spring of coming from the grave” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1975, 4; or Ensign, May 1975, 4).