Luke 23:44-56

Christian Standard Bible

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁴ It^(A) was now about noon,^[a] and darkness came over the whole land^[b] until three,^{[c] 45} because the sun’s light failed.^[d] The curtain^(B) of the sanctuary was split down the middle. ⁴⁶ And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.”^[e](C) Saying this, he breathed his last.

⁴⁷ When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify^(D) God, saying, “This man really was righteous!” ^{[f] 48} All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.^{(E) 49} But^(F) all who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance,^(G) watching these things.

The Burial of Jesus

⁵⁰ There^(H) was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin, ⁵¹ who had not agreed with their plan^(I) and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.^{(J) 52} He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body. ⁵³ Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed.^{[g](K) 54} It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.^{[h] 55} The women^(L) who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed. ⁵⁶ Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes.^(M) And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.^(N)