Luke 23:45-55

45 because the sun's light failed.[a] The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.
46 And Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit. " [b] Saying this, He breathed His last.
47 When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, "This man really was righteous!"
48 All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.[c]
49 But all who knew Him, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

The Burial of Jesus

50 There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,
51 who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.
52 He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.
53 Taking 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.[d]
54 It was preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.[e]
55 The women who had come with Him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how His body was placed.

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Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Other mss read three, and the sun was darkened
  • [b]. Ps 31:5
  • [c]. Mourning
  • [d]. Or interred, or laid
  • [e]. Lit was dawning; not in the morning but at sundown Friday
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