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Matthew 27:50
When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus acts at the moment of death, following the bystanders' remark about Elijah in Matthew 27:49 and immediately preceding the temple veil tearing in Matthew 27:51. He makes no direct address to a listener but completes His earthly work before releasing His life.
The words — ἀφῆκεν (aphēken) translates literally as "yielded up," and κρᾱξας (kraxas) means "having cried." These terms record Jesus' final loud vocalization followed by the voluntary release of His spirit.
The thread — This moment aligns with John 19:30, where Jesus states "It is finished" before yielding up His spirit, and fulfills the suffering imagery of Psalm 22:14 and the burial prophecy of Isaiah 53:9.
Why it lands — The text states Jesus cried out and then surrendered His spirit, showing death as a completed action rather than a loss of control. A reader must conclude that His death required deliberate agency and marked the end of His earthly mission.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
Cross-references
- John 19:30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
- Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
- Psalms 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Luke 23:46 Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
- Matthew 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- Mark 15:37 But Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed His last.
- Hebrews 9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
- John 10:15 just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
- Daniel 9:26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.