Luke 23:46-56

46 And Jesus, ¹crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, ²INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." Having said this, He breathed His last.

47 ³Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began ⁴praising God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent."

48 And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to return, ⁵beating their breasts.

49 ⁶And all His acquaintances and ⁷the women who accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, seeing these things.

50 ⁸And a man named Joseph, who was a ⁹member of the Council, a good and righteous man

51 (he had not consented to their plan and action ), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was ¹⁰waiting for the kingdom of God;

52 this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

53 And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain.

54 It was ¹¹the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

55 Now ¹²the women who had come with Him out of Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how His body was laid.

56 Then they returned and ¹³prepared spices and perfumes. And ¹⁴ on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

The Beautiful Meaning Behind "Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit" Bethany Verrett

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