Luke 23:39-56 ▼

39 And one of the criminals hanging there was blaspheming Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

41 And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for what we have done; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

42 And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!”

43 And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”

44 And it was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour,

45 because the sun was obscured. And the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two.

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

47 Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began praising God, saying, “Certainly this man was righteous.”

48 And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, were returning, beating their chests.

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

50 And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a Council member, a good and righteous man

51 (he had not consented to their counsel and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting 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 Preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

55 Now the women, who had come with Him from Galilee, followed and beheld the tomb and how His body was laid.

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