Luke 23:44-49
New American Standard Bible
44 (A)It was now about [a](B)the sixth hour, and darkness came over the entire land until [b]the ninth hour, 45 [c]because the sun stopped shining; and (C)the veil of the temple was torn [d]in two. 46 And Jesus, (D)crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, (E)into Your hands I entrust My spirit.” And having said this, He [e]died. 47 (F)Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began (G)praising God, saying, “This man was in fact [f]innocent.” 48 And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, after watching what had happened, began to return home, [g](H)beating their chests. 49 (I)And all His acquaintances and (J)the women who accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, seeing these things.
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- Luke 23:44 I.e., noon
- Luke 23:44 I.e., 3 p.m.
- Luke 23:45 Lit the sun failing
- Luke 23:45 Lit in the middle
- Luke 23:46 Lit expired
- Luke 23:47 Lit righteous
- Luke 23:48 I.e., as a traditional sign of mourning or contrition
Luke 23:44-49
Lexham English Bible
Jesus Dies on the Cross
44 And by this time it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour 45 because[a] the light of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart down the middle. 46 And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!”[b] And after he[c] said this, he expired.
47 Now when[d] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise[e] God, saying, “Certainly this man was righteous!” 48 And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, when they[f] saw the things that had happened, returned home[g] beating their[h] breasts. 49 And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these things, stood at a distance.
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- Luke 23:45 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“failed”) which is understood as causal
- Luke 23:46 A quotation from Ps 31:5
- Luke 23:46 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“said”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 23:47 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 23:47 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to praise”)
- Luke 23:48 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 23:48 The word “home” is not in the Greek text, but is implied
- Luke 23:48 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
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