"In silence the beholders watched for the end of the fearful scene. The sun shone forth; but the cross was still enveloped in darkness. Priests and rulers looked toward Jerusalem; and lo, the dense cloud had settled over the city and the plains of Judea. The Sun of Righteousness, the Light of the world, was withdrawing His beams from the once favored city of Jerusalem. The fierce lightnings of God's wrath were directed against the fated city. DA 756.1"
"Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour."
The EGW passage describes the darkness at the crucifixion, directly referencing the event described in Matthew 27:45. The darkness is a central element in both passages, making this more than a vague thematic overlap.
"Suddenly the gloom lifted from the cross, and in clear, trumpetlike tones, that seemed to resound throughout creation, Jesus cried, “It is finished.” “Father, into Thy hands I commend My spirit.” A light encircled the cross, and the face of the Saviour shone with a glory like the sun. He then bowed His head upon His breast, and died. DA 756.2"
"And 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."
EGW directly quotes and elaborates on Luke 23:46.
"When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."
EGW directly quotes and elaborates on John 19:30.
"Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost."
While not a direct quote, the EGW passage describes Jesus's final cry and death, which is also described in Matthew 27:50. The connection is thematic, focusing on the event of Jesus's death.
"Amid the awful darkness, apparently forsaken of God, Christ had drained the last dregs in the cup of human woe. In those dreadful hours He had relied upon the evidence of His Father's acceptance heretofore given Him. He was acquainted with the character of His Father; He understood His justice, His mercy, and His great love. By faith He rested in Him whom it had ever been His joy to obey. And as in submission He committed Himself to God, the sense of the loss of His Father's favor was withdrawn. By faith, Christ was victor. DA 756.3"
"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
EGW interprets the meaning and context of Jesus' cry of abandonment in Matthew 27:46, focusing on his faith and reliance on God even in that moment. It's a thematic parallel rather than a direct quote, exploring the implications of the verse.
"shivering to atoms. Priests, rulers, soldiers, executioners, and people, mute with terror, lay prostrate upon the ground. DA 756.4"
"Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God."
Both passages describe the reaction of those witnessing the events surrounding Jesus' death, specifically mentioning fear and prostration. EGW amplifies the description of the scene.
When the loud cry, “It is finished,” came from the lips of Christ, the priests were officiating in the temple. It was the hour of the evening sacrifice. The lamb representing Christ had been brought to be slain. Clothed in his significant and beautiful dress, the priest stood with lifted knife, as did Abraham when he was about to slay his son. With intense interest the people were looking on. But the earth trembles and quakes; for the Lord Himself draws near. With a rending noise the inner veil of the temple is torn from top to bottom by an unseen hand, throwing open to the gaze of the multitude a place once filled with the presence of God. In this place the Shekinah had dwelt. Here God had manifested His glory above the mercy seat. No one but the high priest ever lifted the veil separating this apartment from the rest of the temple. He entered in once a year to make an atonement for the sins of the people. But lo, this veil is rent in twain. The most holy place of the earthly sanctuar…
"And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;"
EGW directly references and expands upon the event of the veil being torn and the earthquake, as described in Matthew 27:51. She provides additional details and interpretation of the event's significance.