Luke 23:44–56

THE DEATH OF JESUS

⁴⁴It^p was now about noon,^E and darkness came over the whole land^F until three,^{G 45}because the sun’s light failed.^H The curtain^q of the sanctuary was split down the middle. ⁴⁶And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.”^Ir Saying this, he breathed his last.

⁴⁷When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify^s God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”^{J 48}All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.^{t 49}But^u all who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance,^v watching these things.

THE BURIAL OF JESUS

⁵⁰There^w was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin, ⁵¹who had not agreed with their plan^x and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.^{y 52}He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body. ⁵³Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed.^{Kz 54}It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.^{L 55}The women^aa who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed. ⁵⁶Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes.^ab And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.^ac