In keeping with the peaceful, non-violent mood that Luke strives for, he puts a different psalm on the lips of the dying Jesus. The scream of agony that Mark and Matthew recount is too harsh for Luke's portrait of Jesus. Instead he says, "Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Father, into your hands I place my spirit.' (Luke 23:46)" Those words are from Psalm 31:5, a confident prayer about deliverance from enemies. "Father" added at the beginning creates a sense of an intimacy and security.
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