Luke 23:39-56

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³⁹One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”^(A)

⁴⁰But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? ⁴¹We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”^(B)

⁴²Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.^[a]”^(C)

⁴³Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”^(D)

The Death of Jesus^(E)

⁴⁴It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,^(F) ⁴⁵for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple^(G) was torn in two.^(H) ⁴⁶Jesus called out with a loud voice,^(I) “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”^[b]^(J) When he had said this, he breathed his last.^(K)

⁴⁷The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God^(L) and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” ⁴⁸When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts^(M) and went away. ⁴⁹But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee,^(N) stood at a distance,^(O) watching these things.

The Burial of Jesus^(P)

⁵⁰Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, ⁵¹who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.^(Q) ⁵²Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. ⁵³Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. ⁵⁴It was Preparation Day,^(R) and the Sabbath was about to begin.

⁵⁵The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee^(S) followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. ⁵⁶Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.^(T) But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.^(U)

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Luke 23:42 Some manuscripts come with your kingly power
Luke 23:46 Psalm 31:5

Isaiah 52:13-53:12

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The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

¹³See, my servant^(A) will act wisely^[a];
    he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.^(B)
¹⁴Just as there were many who were appalled^(C) at him^[b]—
    his appearance was so disfigured^(D) beyond that of any human being
    and his form marred beyond human likeness^(E)—
¹⁵so he will sprinkle^(F) many nations,^[c]
    and kings^(G) will shut their mouths^(H) because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
    and what they have not heard, they will understand.^(I)

53 Who has believed our message^(J)
    and to whom has the arm^(K) of the Lord been revealed?^(L)
²He grew up before him like a tender shoot,^(M)
    and like a root^(N) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance^(O) that we should desire him.
³He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,^(P) and familiar with pain.^(Q)
Like one from whom people hide^(R) their faces
    he was despised,^(S) and we held him in low esteem.

⁴Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(T)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(U)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(V)
⁵But he was pierced^(W) for our transgressions,^(X)
    he was crushed^(Y) for our iniquities;
the punishment^(Z) that brought us peace^(AA) was on him,
    and by his wounds^(AB) we are healed.^(AC)
⁶We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(AD)
    each of us has turned to our own way;^(AE)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity^(AF) of us all.

⁷He was oppressed^(AG) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(AH)
he was led like a lamb^(AI) to the slaughter,^(AJ)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸By oppression^[d] and judgment^(AK) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;^(AL)
    for the transgression^(AM) of my people he was punished.^[e]
⁹He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^(AN)
    and with the rich^(AO) in his death,
though he had done no violence,^(AP)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.^(AQ)

¹⁰Yet it was the Lord’s will^(AR) to crush^(AS) him and cause him to suffer,^(AT)
    and though the Lord makes^[f] his life an offering for sin,^(AU)
he will see his offspring^(AV) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper^(AW) in his hand.
¹¹After he has suffered,^(AX)
    he will see the light^(AY) of life^[g] and be satisfied^[h];
by his knowledge^[i] my righteous servant^(AZ) will justify^(BA) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.^(BB)
¹²Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[j]^(BC)
    and he will divide the spoils^(BD) with the strong,^[k]
because he poured out his life unto death,^(BE)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.^(BF)
For he bore^(BG) the sin of many,^(BH)
    and made intercession^(BI) for the transgressors.

Footnotes

Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper
Isaiah 52:14 Hebrew you
Isaiah 52:15 Or so will many nations be amazed at him (see also Septuagint)
Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?
Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make
Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) ¹¹He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him
Isaiah 53:12 Or many
Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous

Hebrews 4:14-16

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Jesus the Great High Priest

¹⁴Therefore, since we have a great high priest^(A) who has ascended into heaven,^[a]^(B) Jesus the Son of God,^(C) let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.^(D) ¹⁵For we do not have a high priest^(E) who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are^(F)—yet he did not sin.^(G) ¹⁶Let us then approach^(H) God’s throne of grace with confidence,^(I) so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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Hebrews 4:14 Greek has gone through the heavens

Hebrews 5:7-9

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⁷During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions^(A) with fervent cries and tears^(B) to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard^(C) because of his reverent submission.^(D) ⁸Son^(E) though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered^(F) ⁹and, once made perfect,^(G) he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him