1. Mark 15:37 (ESV)
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Why does Jesus shout just before he dies?

Mark 15:37 (ESV)

37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

The loud shout indicated the moment of Jesus death. He dies with an unusual show of strength. It is a shout of victory that anticipated the triumph of the resurrection.1

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