Luke 23:44-49

Living Bible

⁴⁴ By now it was noon, and darkness fell across the whole land^[a] for three hours, until three o’clock. ⁴⁵ The light from the sun was gone—and suddenly^[b] the thick veil hanging in the Temple split apart.

⁴⁶ Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I commit my spirit to you,” and with those words he died.^[c]

⁴⁷ When the captain of the Roman military unit handling the executions saw what had happened, he was stricken with awe before God and said, “Surely this man was innocent.”^[d]

⁴⁸ And when the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw that Jesus was dead, they went home in deep sorrow. ⁴⁹ Meanwhile, Jesus’ friends, including the women who had followed him down from Galilee, stood in the distance watching.