And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
“Saying this, he gave up his Spirit.” He suitably “gave up” the Spirit, because he willingly gave him up. Matthew says “yielded up his Spirit,” because what is yielded is spontaneous, but what is lost is unavoidable. Since this is true, he added, “with a loud voice.” He did this with a glorious declaration that he descended to death for our sins. I do not blush to confess what Christ did not blush to proclaim in a loud voice. This was a clear revelation of God witnessing to the separation of the Godhead and the flesh.
