Skip to main content

Matthew 27:50

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

KJV

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν κράξας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἀφῆκεν τὸ πνεῦμα.

Greek NT

Jesus autem iterum clamans voce magna, emisit spiritum.

Vulgate

And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

ASV

And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

Douay-Rheims

Open in reader with connections →

In this verse

People Jesus

In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κράζω
krazo
verb · 55×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

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

Christ truly suffered and truly died — the Cross is not a phantom but the instrument of our salvation. Cyril points to the very place of Golgotha, visible from where he preaches, as the physical evidence of Christ's real death. The wood of the Cross, the crown of thorns, and the tomb are all witnesses. He fulfilled Isaiah's prophecy of the Suffering Servant who was led like a s…

Cross-references

  • Dan 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be wi
  • Heb 2:14 — Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil
  • 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;
  • Heb 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
  • Isa 53:9 — And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
  • Jer 2:12 — Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
  • John 10:11 — I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
  • John 10:15 — As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mark 15:37 — And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
  • Mark 15:37 — And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
  • Matt 20:28 — Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
  • Ps 22:14 — I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.