Luk 23:46 | RWP | e4.org | Father ( Πατερ ). Jesus dies with the words of on his lips. Gave up the ghost ( εξεπνευσεν ). First aorist active indicative of εκπνεω , to breathe out, to expire, old word, but in the N.T. only here and , . There is no special reason for retaining "ghost" in the English as both (yielded up his spirit, αφηκεν το πνευμα ) and (gave up his spirit, παρεδωκεν το πνευμα ) use πνευμα which is the root of εκπνεω , the verb in Mark and Luke.

‏ Luke 23:46

Father ( Πατερ ). Jesus dies with the words of Ps 31:5 on his lips.

Gave up the ghost ( εξεπνευσεν ). First aorist active indicative of εκπνεω, to breathe out, to expire, old word, but in the N.T. only here and Mr 15:37, 39. There is no special reason for retaining "ghost" in the English as both Mt 27:50 (yielded up his spirit, αφηκεν το πνευμα ) and Joh 19:30 (gave up his spirit, παρεδωκεν το πνευμα ) use πνευμα which is the root of εκπνεω, the verb in Mark and Luke.