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Into Your hands

Psalm 31 entrusts the psalmist's spirit to the God who redeems. Luke records Jesus praying its words as He died.

Direct quotationHigh confidence

A New Testament passage quotes an earlier passage.

Old TestamentPsalms 31:5Open this record
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New TestamentLuke 23:46Open this record

Read the earlier witness

Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.
Psalms 31:5 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Read the later witness

Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.
Luke 23:46 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Why FaithGraph draws this line

Luke 23:46 quotes Psalms 31:5.

Jesus' final words in Luke are the psalmist's prayer committing his spirit into God's hands.

Evidence

The explanation above is FaithGraph editorial content, not Scripture.