Jesus' last words- Confusion in Bible?

Question

MAT 27:46,50: "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" ...Jesus, when he cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost."

LUK 23:46: "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, "Father, unto thy hands I commend my spirit:" and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."

JOH 19:30: "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished:" and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."

Answer 1

it can be confusing.  i've learned that the bible is not false in doctrine, but incomplete and sometimes inaccurate because of how it was preserved and compiled.  what we need is a prophet today.  

Answer 2

John was the only Apostle to witness the crucifixion. He may have not told the others that Jesus said "It is finished. Luke was not an Apostle. His story is second-hand. Matthew was an Apostle, but must have gotten his story from John.

There is no contradiction here. If John neglected to mention that Jesus said "It is finished.", then surely what the others wrote would still be true, according to their understanding.

Answer 3

here ya go look at psalm 22 it starts my god my god why hast thou etc in regards to this know this Christ never called God God He called God Father Christ was quoting psalmm 22 He quoted the whole thing right down to it is finished just as psalm 22 predicted he would the it is finished part refers to the prophecy of His coming being fulfilled He was obviously teaching God's word even as He was Dying on the cross such is God's love for us

Father in thy hand etc another lesson for us Christ was showing us how to die with dignity even under horrible circumstances

now as for the slight differences in the gospels accounts they all basically say the same thing but no 2 people can occupy the exact same spot and this was a great spectacle to the people (a crucifixtion i mean) so there was a lot of hub bub and noise and much to do going on since no 2 people can occupy the exact same space it is natural that 1 would notice or hear something that another did not there is no confusion if a person just usses their head for something other than a hat rack and reads and prays for understanding

if u lined up 100 people and had them witness a specific act sya a car crash each would notice things just a little different from the others because of their position relative to the even and their perspective andtheir attention span this is not confusion it is normal

Answer 4

Jesus, the Son of God, was sinless until he bore our sin on the cross and was the object of God's wrath.  At this moment he felt the abandonment of God, which is something He never had known before.  Because of this Jesus cried out those words.  He WAS forsaken by God.  But, it was all in God's plan.  These words are also found in Psalm 22 as Jesus was quoting scripture even to the moment of His death.

Answer 5

Maybe he said them all...maybe he said even more.... you get a couple of witnesses to a crime, they will each remember a detail someone else forgot...but the crime still happened.

Answer 6

The order of events according to the verses you listed appears to be Matthew, John, Luke. This is also evident in Mark.

Answer 7

You should really get a Life.

Answer 8

even more interesting, is why, if jesus was god in human form, would he talk to himself?

it just goes to show that jesus was no more than another man, claiming to be a messiah, and he got popular enough for people to follow him.

Answer 9

Three writers describing the same event from their own point of view.

Answer 10

Matthew, Luke and John had different theological agenda when they wrote their gospels. Thus the differences in the last words. The gospels should not be read as though they are news reports. In fact, they were not originally intended to be read side by side.

Answer 11

Sounds like somebody had trouble picking an ending.

Answer 12

I love it.  If all these people were writing "from their own point of view" or from what they heard, it's not the infallible word of God, is it?  It's the recollections of people who can't agree on what happened, yet huge doctrinal disputes arise over the exact wording of those passages.  Does it matter what Jesus said if no one could remember it and record it accurately?