Mat 27:50 | RWP | e4.org | Yielded up his spirit ( αφηκεν το πνευμα ). The loud cry may have been as given in : "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." John ( ) gives It is finished ( τετελεστα ), though which was actually last is not clear. Jesus did not die from slow exhaustion, but with a loud cry. He breathed out ( εξεπνευσεν , ), sent back his spirit ( ), gave up his spirit ( παρεδωκεν το πνευμα , ). "He gave up his life because he willed it, when he willed it, and as he willed it" (Augustine). Stroud ( Physical Cause of the Death of Christ ) considers the loud cry one of the proofs that Jesus died of a ruptured heart as a result of bearing the sin of the world.

‏ Matthew 27:50

Yielded up his spirit ( αφηκεν το πνευμα ). The loud cry may have been Ps 31:5 as given in Lu 23:46: "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." John (Joh 19:30) gives

It is finished ( τετελεστα ), though which was actually last is not clear. Jesus did not die from slow exhaustion, but with a loud cry.

He breathed out ( εξεπνευσεν, Mr 15:37),

sent back his spirit (Mt 27:50),

gave up his spirit ( παρεδωκεν το πνευμα, Joh 19:30). "He gave up his life because he willed it, when he willed it, and as he willed it" (Augustine). Stroud (Physical Cause of the Death of Christ) considers the loud cry one of the proofs that Jesus died of a ruptured heart as a result of bearing the sin of the world.