LUKE 23:46 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.”
Jesus called out with a loud voice, Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. When he had said this, he breathed his last — Father, into your hands I commit my spirit (Psalm 31:5): the third and final word from the cross in Luke — the prayer of complete trust. The loud voice communicates a death that is chosen rather than succumbed to. When he had said this, he breathed his last (exepneusen, breathed out): the voluntary release of the breath.
Church Fathers on Luke 23:46
As soon as the Lord of all had been given up to be crucified, the whole framework of the world bewailed its rightful Master, and the light was darkened at mid-day, which was a manifest token that the souls of those who crucified Him would suffer darkness.
What is here said of the darkness, the other two Evangelists, Matthew and Mark confirm, but St. Luke adds the cause whence the darkness arose, saying, And the sun was darkened.
This miracle then took place that it might be made known, that He who had undergone death was the Ruler of the whole creation.
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