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44 [a]It was now about noon(A) and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon 45 because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.(B) 46 Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit”; and when he had said this he breathed his last.(C) 47 The centurion who witnessed what had happened glorified God and said, “This man was innocent[b] beyond doubt.” 48 When all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts;(D) 49 but all his acquaintances stood at a distance, including the women who had followed him from Galilee and saw these events.(E)

The Burial of Jesus.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 23:44 Noon…three in the afternoon: literally, the sixth and ninth hours. See note on Mk 15:25.
  2. 23:47 This man was innocent: or, “This man was righteous.”