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"Father, into thy hand I commend my spirit. " / St. Luke 23: 46
Neither St. Matthew nor St. Mark tells us of any words uttered by our Lord after the Eloi. They both, along with St. Luke, tell us of a cry with a loud voice, and the giving up of the ghost; between which cry and the giving up, St. Luke records the words, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. " St. Luke says nothing of the Eloi prayer of desolation. St. John records neither the "Eloi," nor the "Father into thy hands," nor the loud cry. He tells us only that after Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished," and bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.