Luke 23:43-53

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
50 There was a man named Joseph from Arimathea, a town in Judea. He was a good and honorable man, who was waiting for the coming of the Kingdom of God. Although he was a member of the Council, he had not agreed with their decision and action.
52 He went into the presence of Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
53 Then he took the body down, wrapped it in a linen sheet, and placed it in a tomb which had been dug out of solid rock and which had never been used.

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Cross References 3

  • 1. 23.45Exodus 26.31-33.
  • 2. 23.46Psalms 31.5.
  • 3. 23.49Luke 8.2, 3.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.