Deliverance from the Cross — Page 50
he said, Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost'. (Luke 23:46) When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost'. (John 19:30) Giving up the ghost has been understood as meaning that Jesus had died, but in view of scientific evidence that has recently come to light this expression acquires a different connotation altogether, to which we shall presently advert. Incidentally, Jesus commending his spirit into the hands of the Father as mentioned in Luke, is consistent with his righteousness as a prophet, but is not consistent with his alleged partnership in the Godhead. The Gospel account continues: 'The Jews, therefore, because it was the preparation that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day (for that Sabbath day was an high day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. Two thieves had also been nailed to the cross at the same time with Jesus. Then came the soldiers, and broke the legs of the first and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and 50