• Luke 23:46
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 46 καὶ And φωνήσας having sounded φωνῇ to voice μεγάλῃ great ὁ the Ἰησοῦς Jesus εἶπεν said Πάτερ, Father, εἰς into χεῖράς hands σου of you παρατίθεμαι I am placing beside τὸ the πνεῦμά spirit μου· of me; τοῦτο this δὲ but εἰπὼν having said ἐξέπνευσεν. he expired.

  • Luke 23:46
    King James Version

    • 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.

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 23
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 23:46

      I entrust my spirit: Jesus here quotes from Ps 31:5, where David is calling on God to guard, or care for, his spirit, or life force. This was a way of saying that he was putting his life in God’s hands. At his death, Jesus entrusted his life force to Jehovah; thus his future life prospects rested entirely with God.​—See Glossary, “Spirit.”

      expired: The Greek verb ek·pneʹo (lit., “to breathe out”) could here also be rendered “breathed his last.” (See study note on Mt 27:50.) The Scriptures clearly show that when Jesus’ spirit went out, he was not on his way to heaven. He expired, or died. Jesus himself foretold that he would not be resurrected from the dead until “the third day.” (Mt 16:21; Lu 9:22) Then, as Ac 1:3, 9 shows, it was 40 days later that he actually ascended to heaven.