Luke 23:39-49

39 One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"

40 The other one, however, rebuked him, saying, "Don't you fear God? You received the same sentence he did.

41 Ours, however, is only right, because we are getting what we deserve for what we did; but he has done no wrong."

42 And he said to Jesus, "Remember me, Jesus, when you come as King!"

43 Jesus said to him, "I promise you that today you will be in Paradise with me."

44 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. ¹

46 Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Father! In your hands I place my spirit!" He said this and died. ²

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. ³

Cross References

• 1. 23.45Exodus 26.31-33.
• 2. 23.46Psalms 31.5.
• 3. 23.49Luke 8.2, 3.