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cordance with the Jewish tenets (John, XIX. 31; Deuteronomy XXI. 23).
Another point to notice is that Jesus refused to drink the stupefying mixture consisting of vinegar and gall, which was usually given to victims to deaden pain. According to Matthew (XXVII. 34), 'when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.'
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The last and the most important point to take note of is the manner of his death.' He is said to have yielded up the ghost with the twice repeated cry, "My God, My God, why hast thus thou forsaken me.' This is the account given by Matthew (XXVII. 46 & 50). Mark (XV. 34 & 37) corroborates him almost word for word. Luke, however, narrates the story with a strong variation. According to him, Jesus, having cried with a loud voice, gave up the ghost, saying, 'Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.' On the other hand, John, who claims to have been present on the spot, and whose anxiety to be considered truthful the gospel after his name makes no endeavour to hide, tells us :-" When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, 'It is finished': and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." John also introduces the mother of Jesus on the scene, and drags him down at that supreme moment of his career so much into the world of men as to make him say to her, "Woman behold thy son," and to 'that disciple,' "behold thy mother!"
*The Secret Doctrine (Vol. III, pp. 146-8) shows that the meaning of this verse, in the original Hebrew MS., is not as it is given in the English Version, but: 'My God, My God, how dost thou glorify me.' This is certainly more to the point,
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