50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

Other Translations of Matthew 27:50

New International Version

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

English Standard Version

50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.

The Message

50 But Jesus, again crying out loudly, breathed his last.

New King James Version

50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.

New Living Translation

50 Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 27:50

Commentary on Matthew 27:45-50

(Read Matthew 27:45-50)

During the three hours which the darkness continued, Jesus was in agony, wrestling with the powers of darkness, and suffering his Father's displeasure against the sin of man, for which he was now making his soul an offering. Never were there three such hours since the day God created man upon the earth, never such a dark and awful scene; it was the turning point of that great affair, man's redemption and salvation. Jesus uttered a complaint from Psalm 22:1. Hereby he teaches of what use the word of God is to direct us in prayer, and recommends the use of Scripture expressions in prayer. The believer may have tasted some drops of bitterness, but he can only form a very feeble idea of the greatness of Christ's sufferings. Yet, hence he learns something of the Saviour's love to sinners; hence he gets deeper conviction of the vileness and evil of sin, and of what he owes to Christ, who delivers him from the wrath to come. His enemies wickedly ridiculed his complaint. Many of the reproaches cast upon the word of God and the people of God, arise, as here, from gross mistakes. Christ, just before he expired, spake in his full strength, to show that his life was not forced from him, but was freely delivered into his Father's hands. He had strength to bid defiance to the powers of death: and to show that by the eternal Spirit he offered himself, being the Priest as well as the Sacrifice, he cried with a loud voice. Then he yielded up the ghost. The Son of God upon the cross, did die by the violence of the pain he was put to. His soul was separated from his body, and so his body was left really and truly dead. It was certain that Christ did die, for it was needful that he should die. He had undertaken to make himself an offering for sin, and he did it when he willingly gave up his life.