Mark 15:37

37 But Jesus uttered a loud cry [and] expired.

Mark 15:37 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:37

And Jesus cried with a loud voice
A second time, and said the words which are in ( Luke 23:46 ) and in ( John 19:30 )

and gave up the ghost.
The Syriac version renders it, "and finished": his life, his days, his race, his ministry, and the work which was given him to do; (See Gill on Matthew 27:50).

Mark 15:37 In-Context

35 And some of the bystanders, [when they] heard [it], said, "Behold, he is summoning Elijah!"

36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put [it] on a reed, [and] gave [it] to him to drink, saying, "Leave [him] alone! Let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down."

37 But Jesus uttered a loud cry [and] expired.

38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

39 And [when] the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("uttered") has been translated as a finite verb