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44 It was now about the sixth hour,[a] and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.[b] 45 The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

47 When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.” 48 All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts. 49 All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:44 Time was counted from sunrise, so the sixth hour was about noon.
  2. 23:44 3:00 p.m.

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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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:45 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“failed”) which is understood as causal
  2. Luke 23:46 A quotation from Ps 31:5
  3. Luke 23:46 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“said”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Luke 23:47 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  5. Luke 23:47 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to praise”)
  6. Luke 23:48 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  7. Luke 23:48 The word “home” is not in the Greek text, but is implied
  8. Luke 23:48 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun