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30 [a]When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.”(A) And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.

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  1. 19:30 Handed over the spirit: there is a double nuance of dying (giving up the last breath or spirit) and that of passing on the holy Spirit; see Jn 7:39, which connects the giving of the Spirit with Jesus’ glorious return to the Father, and Jn 20:22, where the author portrays the conferral of the Spirit.