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Luke 23:46

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.

KJV

καὶ φωνήσας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· πάτερ, εἰς χεῖράς σου παρατίθεμαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου. τοῦτο δὲ εἰπὼν ἐξέπνευσεν.

Greek NT

Et clamans voce magna Jesus ait : Pater, in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum. Et hæc dicens, expiravit.

Vulgate

And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost.

ASV

And Jesus crying with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And saying this, he gave up the ghost.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παρατίθημι
paratithemi
verb · 19×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
φωνέω
phoneo
verb · 43×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκπνέω
ekpneo
verb · 3×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Ps 31:5 · exact_quote
    "Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."
    Psalm 31: into your hands I commit my spirit — Jesus' last words in Luke

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: παρατίθεμαι | WH/Treg/NIV: παρατίθεμαι | RP: παραθήσομαι
  • παρατίθεμαιSBLGNT
  • παρατίθεμαιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • παραθήσομαιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τοῦτο δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: τοῦτο δὲ | RP: καὶ ταῦτα
  • τοῦτο δὲSBLGNT
  • τοῦτο δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ ταῦταRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§730At last Jesus' hour arrives:117 he commends his spirit into the Father's hands118 at the very moment when by his death he conquers death, so that, "raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,"119 he might immediately give the Holy Spirit by "breathing" on his disciples.120 From this hour onward, the mission of Christ and the Spirit becomes the mission of the Church: "As th…
§1011In death, God calls man to himself. Therefore the Christian can experience a desire for death like St. Paul's: "My desire is to depart and be with Christ. "577 He can transform his own death into an act of obedience and love towards the Father, after the example of Christ:578 My earthly desire has been crucified; . . . there is living water in me, water that murmurs and says wi…
§2605When the hour had come for him to fulfill the Father's plan of love, Jesus allows a glimpse of the boundless depth of his filial prayer, not only before he freely delivered himself up (“Abba . . . not my will, but yours."),53 but even in his last words on the Cross, where prayer and the gift of self are but one: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do",54 "Truly, …
Tertullian insists against Praxeas that the Father did not suffer on the cross. It was the Son who suffered in His human nature, crying "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" The Father is impassible; the Son suffered according to His humanity while remaining divine in His other nature.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:23 — Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
  • 1Pet 2:23 — Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
  • 1Pet 4:19 — Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
  • 2Tim 1:12 — For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against th
  • Acts 7:59 — And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
  • Acts 7:59 — And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
  • Heb 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
  • Isa 49:2 — And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
  • John 10:28 — And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
  • John 19:30 — When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
  • John 19:30 — When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
  • Mark 15:34 — And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • Mark 15:34 — And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • Mark 15:37 — And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
  • Matt 27:46 — And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • Matt 27:46 — And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • Matt 27:50 — Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
  • Ps 22:24 — For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
  • Ps 25:20 — O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
  • Ps 31:5 — Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
  • Ps 31:5 — Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
  • Ps 49:15 — But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
  • Ps 73:24 — Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
  • Ps 89:26 — He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.