Luke 23:44–56

The Death of Jesus

23:44–49pp—Mt 27:45–56; Mk 15:33–41; Jn 19:29–30

⁴⁴It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,^{f 45}for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple^g was torn in two.^{h 46}Jesus called out with a loud voice,ⁱ “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”^ej When he had said this, he breathed his last.^k

⁴⁷The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God^l and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” ⁴⁸When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts^m and went away. ⁴⁹But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee,ⁿ stood at a distance,^o watching these things.

The Burial of Jesus

23:50–56pp—Mt 27:57–61; Mk 15:42–47; Jn 19:38–42

⁵⁰Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, ⁵¹who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.^{p 52}Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. ⁵³Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. ⁵⁴It was Preparation Day,^q and the Sabbath was about to begin.

⁵⁵The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee^r followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. ⁵⁶Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.^s But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.^t