Neville Goddard on Luke 23:46 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 23 in context

Scripture Focus

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

Luke 23:46

Biblical Context

Jesus, at the end of his earthly mission, cries out to the Father and commits his spirit into the Father’s hands. He yields his life with absolute trust, giving up the earthly form.

Neville's Inner Vision

By Luke 23:46, the cry is not to die but to awaken to a deeper state of consciousness. In Neville’s terms, the Father is the immutable I AM within you, and the hands are the sure, loving shelter of your own awareness. Jesus’ act of commending his spirit becomes a model for the soul: a deliberate, final surrender of the old self into the God-taken care of the present I AM. This is not tragedy; it is a consummation: the ego yields, the divine life remains, and the consciousness that you are immortal energy remains intact. The moment reveals that what died was a story of separation, and what rose is the awareness that all fulfillment is already in the one Father within. When you identify with that inner Father, you discover you are held by a power that transcends circumstance; you are free to live as the very expression of God, unafraid and fully alive.

Practice This Now

Assume the state now. Silently repeat 'I am held by the Father' and 'into thy hands I commend my spirit' as a present-tense fact, letting the feeling of safety sink into your bones for a few minutes.