The Death of Jesus

(Matt 27:45–56; Mark 15:33–41; John 19:28–30)

44–45 It was about twelve o’clock when the sun stopped shining and darkness covered the whole country until three o’clock; and the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two. 46*Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father! In your hands I place my spirit!” He said this and died.

47 The army officer saw what had happened, and he praised God, saying, “Certainly he was a good man!”

48 When the people who had gathered there to watch the spectacle saw what happened, they all went back home, beating their breasts in sorrow. 49*All those who knew Jesus personally, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance to watch.