Luke 23:46-49

Luke 23:46-49 . Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit The Father receives the spirit of Jesus; Jesus himself the spirits of the faithful. See on Matthew 27:50. When the centurion The Roman officer, who stood over against him and guarded the execution; saw what was done In so miraculous a manner, in those amazing prodigies that attended Christ’s death; he glorified God By a free confession of his persuasion of the innocence of Jesus; saying, Certainly this was a righteous man Notwithstanding all the vile reproaches which have been cast upon him. And all the people that came together On this remarkable occasion, among whom, doubtless, were some of those who, but a little before, had been insulting him in his dying agonies; beholding, the things that were done, smote their breasts For sorrow and remorse; in terrible expectation that some sad calamity would speedily befall them and their country, for the indignities and cruelties they had offered to a person, for whom God had expressed so high a regard even in his greatest distress. See these verses elucidated at large on Matthew 27:54-56. And all his acquaintance Who these were, Matthew and Mark inform us, in the verses just referred to.