31:1–24 The last words that Jesus spoke before dying, according to Luke’s account, were from this psalm: Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” Having said this, he breathed his last. (Luke 23:46; see Ps. 31:5) Stephen also spoke dying words from this psalm: “While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit’ ” (Acts 7:59; see Ps. 31:5). The words of Psalm 31:5 served as a last prayer for Jesus and for Stephen. In the context