Luke 23:46

+ 23:46. MP: Messiah says “into thy hands I commend my spirit.” (Ps 31:5) Yeshua [Salvation], crying with a loud voice, said, “ Abba ·Father familiar, Dear Dad·, into your hands I commit my spirit!” + 23:46. Quoted from Ps 31:5 + 23:46. MP: Messiah is killed. (Dan 9:26a) Having said this, he breathed his last.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

45+ 23:45. MP: “The Day of Yahweh” refers to the end of this age characterized by darkness (Amos 8:9). (Also see Is 24:18-23). In Messianic parallel, the earth will grow dark when the Messianic atonement is accomplished. This aligns with the 70th week of (Daniel 9:24). This verse states the purpose of 70 weeks: 1) “to finish transgression,” 2) “to put an end to sin,” 3) “to atone for wickedness,” 4) “to bring in everlasting righteousness,” 5) “to seal up vision and prophecy,” and 6) “to anoint the most holy.” (Amos 5:20) The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

47When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a upright man.”

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Cross References

Matthew 27:46About three o'clock in the afternoon, + 27:46. MP: When Yeshua quotes the first line, this is traditional Jewish method of making reference to the entire passage, by quoting the first few lines. Because people memorized the Bible back then, the entire passage and context was brought to memory. This is probably why the Rabbis said that Yeshua is calling to Elijah (misdirection) and not quoting (Ps 22:1), because the entire Psalm speaks of this moment. They could see Yeshua's intention for people to compare the Psalm with his current execution. (Ps 22:1 (context all ch 22)) Yeshua [Salvation] cried with a loud voice, saying, + 27:46. MP: Messiah will cry out to God, “My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why so far from helping me, so far from my anguished cries?” (Ps 22:1a) “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “·My God, my God, why have you forsaken me·?” + 27:46. Quoted from Ps 22:1. In this time period of Judaism, when the first verse in a section is referenced, this refers to the entire chapter. Therefore the entire chapter of Ps 22 is referrenced.

John 19:30When Yeshua [Salvation] therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” + 19:30 b (context 19:16-30) MP: The suffering and reproach of Calvary (describes Ps 22). (Ps 102:1-11) He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

Matthew Henry on Luke 23:45-50

The Crucifixion. 44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 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. 47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. 48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the… Read the whole commentary →

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