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The following is an excerpt from the book Does the Bible Have Contradictions? by Matthew Elton, copyright 2009 Matthew Elton.

Question:

Were the last words that Jesus spoke "Father into thy hands I commit my spirit" (Luke 23:46), or "It is finished" (John 19:30)?

Answer:

Jesus either said, “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. It is finished,” or “It is finished. Father, into my hands I commit my spirit.” As usual, each gospel writer emphasized important phrases more than others, and left out phrases considered unimportant. But by combining the gospels, we can clearly see that Jesus said both of these things before he died. That’s the whole reason that there are four gospels. We can compare and combine them to get a clearer image of exactly what happened.