Related commentaries – Fulfillment

Fulfilment of Prophecy – John 19:23 – 19:30

Henry Martyn’s Accomplishments

Henry Martyn, a Cambridge University student, was honored at only 20 years of age for his achievements in mathematics. He was given the highest recognition possible in that field, and yet he felt an emptiness inside. He said that instead of finding fulfillment in his achievements, he had “only grasped a shadow.” After evaluating his goals, Martyn sailed to India as a missionary at the age of twenty four. When he arrived, he prayed, “Lord, let me burn out for You.” In the next 7 years that preceded his death, he translated the New Testament into three difficult Eastern languages. These achievements were certainly not passing “shadows.” (Our Daily Bread, January 21, 1994).