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46. καὶ φωνήσας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ. ‘And, crying with a loud voice’ (not “when he had cried,” A. V[411]). St Luke here omits the Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani, and the effect of that cry on the multitude (Mat 27:46-50); the “I thirst,” which was the sole word of physical suffering wrung from Him in all His agonies; and the one word (τετέλεσται) in which He expressed the sense that His work was finished.
[411] A. V. Authorised Version.
πάτερ, εἰς χεῖράς σου. A reference to Psa 31:5; comp. Act 7:59; 1Pe 2:23. These words have been among the dying utterances of St Polycarp, St Augustine, St Bernard, John Huss, Jerome of Prague, Luther, Melancthon and Columbus.
ἐξέπνευσεν. None of the Evangelists use the word “He died” (ἔθανεν), but ἐξέπνευσεν (literally, ‘He breathed forth,’ here and Mar 15:37), and ‘He sent forth’ or ‘gave up His spirit’ (ἀφῆκεν, παρέδωκεν τὸ πνεῦμα, Mat 27:50; Joh 19:30); probably because they wish to indicate the truth stated in Joh 10:18, that He gave up His life “because He willed, when He willed, how He willed.” Aug. Comp. Eph 5:2; Gal 2:20.