Question for Christians about Jesus...?

Question

A. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matthew 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

B. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."
Luke 23:46
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.

C. It is finished.
John 19:30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.


Which of these were the last words of Jesus (they all claim to be)? Which verse is right? Why would they be different if each are the truth?

Answer 1

Well first remember they are 3 different witnesses and authors; depending on their perspectives and what they saw and heard is what they wrote.
Now, for being different words not necessarily means that they contradict themselves, if you analyze these words could be together in a particular order like:

"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" and then He said "Father, into thy hands i commend my spirit" and consequently "It is finished."

Answer 2

All of them were the last words because these were the statements he made on the cross and the cross was the last minute for Jesus Christ. Actually they all claim to be right. All the verses are correct.
I have the following explanation for the differences:
Note that all the quotations are from different writers on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. so certainly the report will have some differences arising from the roles, interaction, and closeness of each writer to Jesus Christ. First, the quotation in mattew occured at the ninth hour which is three oclock in the afternoon (our time) and that was when Jesus was at the peak of the agony. and it was believed that God, the father at this time "put his eyes away from Jesus in order to fulfull the sacrifice". Note that it is said that even the veil of the temple was torn apart and there was partial darkness in the sky, which was unusual. Next is saying of John. St. John was written by John Mark. Note that John Mark was a young boy, who was just following the crowd. his own account will be different because all he could see (probably from a distance)was when the vinegar was offered to Jesus Christ and next, his head dropped. This is a vivid account of a young person watching from a distance. Now, St. Luke. Luke was a physician, to say, a medical doctor. so he was an adult and an eminent person at that time, and he would have the priviledge to be closer to the crusifiction and so could hear Jesus Christ when he utterred the word quoted in St. Luke. The saying of St. Luke will be the last thing Jesus Christ said before he died. All of these are correct accounts.

Answer 3

They are all right. As you note that different writers wrote the Gospels at different times and in the way that gives more flavor and understanding to Jesus death.
The same example applies to Jesus thoughts about the destruction of Jerusalem? See Mathew 24:15, Mark 13:14, and compare Luke 21:20, By reading the thoughts of the different writers the truth of the meaning becomes clear.
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Answer 4

Mathew 27:50 And when Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, He gave up His Spirit.

Mark 15:37 With a loud cry, Jesus Breathed His last.

Luke 23:46 Jesus called out in a loud voice "Father into your hands I commit My Spirit.

John 19:30 Jesus said "It is Finished." With that He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit.

Say you and 3 of your friends go to a movie and when asked about the movie all four of you describe something different in the movie.
One of your friends my leave out something you say, but it doesn't make it not true.

It is believed that Jesus' last words were Father into Your hands I commit My Spirit.

Matthew and Mark say that Jesus cried out in a loud voice, it just doesn't say what He cried out.

Answer 5

he was quoting from psalm 22 and you can see they were not his last words in Mathew he cryed again in aloud voice it does not say what but we can presume it was the same as in Luke different people will remember different things it shows they were written by different witnesses.

. 46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi,[c] lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah."

48Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49The rest said, "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him."

50And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.

51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to

Answer 6

Matthew and Mark are readily harmonized with Luke and John by reading a little further: both Matthew 27:46-50 and Mark 15:34-37 report that Jesus drank wine vinegar and then cried out again before dying. Therefore Luke and John record Jesus' actual last words, which could have been any combination of the two phrases recorded, e.g. "It is finished, Father; into your hands I commit my spirit."

Answer 7

As u ur self have given 3 versions of 3 different gospels so each one compliments the other.jesus always spoke of people whose hearts would be so hardened that 'they would see and yet not precieve and hear and yet not understand.'HE said,'the eyes are the light for the body.if the eyes become blind the whole body is in darkness. but if the light within(soul) becomes dark what darkness will that be!'.to understand the truth you need to first seek it then you will find it.a spirituasl curtain ill be removed from your eyes by the holy spirit because you cannot reason that which is of the spirit in the flesh! first seek Jesus and evey question ill be answered to you. i am a hindu convert born again in the spirit by the holy spirit of God.its 16 years now. as i found the truth and got all my answers and still do so will you.God our loving father bless you,we ask this in christ jesus.Jesus loves you dear .amen

Answer 8

Knowing something of herbalism, I can say that there are nature herbs which can make a person go into a catatonic state. I've seen no words in any Bible that state a physician (yes there were physicians in those days) examined or pronounced Jesus dead. It does make me wonder if the vinegar was loaded.

Answer 9

You are talking about 3 witnesses and what they remember.
A) G-d did not for sake Jesus he was reminding the people there of the 29 Psalm.

Answer 10

realizing of course that the examples of the scriptures you quoted are from three different sources, men tend to remember things slightly different from other men. Have you ever witnessed a traffic accident, and then reported your version of the story to the police? Every one that witnessed the accident gives a slightly different version than the next person. We all filter our life's events through our own perceptions.
With that said, I find nothing inconsistent with the three versions of Christ's death upon the cross as you stated in your question.


Death upon the cross and the accompanying atonement for all of man kinds sins was an incomprehensible misery and anguish for the Savior Jesus Christ. I cannot imagine what he had to bear. Why not then, in a moment of extreme incomprehensible pain, he would ask God why have you left me? Christ had to atone for out sins himself. That was required to fulfill the laws of justice that a complete and utter atonement be made. Christ alone had to do it.

At the completion of this redeeming act, Christ let God the Father know that it was complete, the act was done and he was then ready to allow his own spirit to ascend to heaven and be with God himself.

The last scripture you quote is the same. The task of the atonement was finished and Christ is acknowledging the completion of it to God his Father.