Luke 23:44-24:12

English Standard Version

The Death of Jesus

^44 (A)It was now about the sixth hour,^[a] and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,^{[b] 45} while the sun's light failed. And ^(B)the curtain of the temple was torn in two. ⁴⁶ Then Jesus, ^(C)calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, ^(D)into your hands I ^(E)commit my spirit!” And having said this ^(F)he breathed his last. ⁴⁷ Now ^(G)when the centurion saw what had taken place, ^(H)he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!” ⁴⁸ And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home ^(I)beating their breasts. ⁴⁹ And all ^(J)his acquaintances and ^(K)the women who had followed him from Galilee ^(L)stood at a distance watching these things.

Jesus Is Buried

^50 (M)Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, ⁵¹ who had not consented to their decision and action; and he ^(N)was looking for the kingdom of God. ⁵² This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁵³ Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and ^(O)laid him in a tomb cut in stone, ^(P)where no one had ever yet been laid. ⁵⁴ It was the day of ^(Q)Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.^{[c] 55 (R)}The women ^(S)who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. ⁵⁶ Then they returned and ^(T)prepared spices and ointments.

On the Sabbath they rested ^(U)according to the commandment.

The Resurrection

24 ^(V)But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, ^(W)taking the spices they had prepared. ² And they found ^(X)the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ While they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(Y)two ^(Z)men stood by them in dazzling apparel. ⁵ And as they were ^(AA)frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, ^(AB)while he was still in Galilee, ^7 (AC)that the Son of Man ^(AD)must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and ^(AE)be crucified and on ^(AF)the third day rise.” ⁸ And ^(AG)they remembered his words, ⁹ and returning from the tomb they ^(AH)told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ Now it was ^(AI)Mary Magdalene and ^(AJ)Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, ¹¹ but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and ^(AK)they did not believe them. ¹² But ^(AL)Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw ^(AM)the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.