Subject: commend vs. command

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 09:07:25 EST

Luke 23:46 (King James):
... Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit...

German (nach der Übersetzung Martin Luthers):
Vater, ich befehle meinen Geist in deine Hände!

so, german has 'command' (befehle) and english has 'commend', which to me 
doesn't seem very close in meaning.

steven lytle