The Death of Jesus^(A)

⁴⁴ It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,^{(B) 45} for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple^(C) was torn in two.^{(D) 46} Jesus called out with a loud voice,^(E) “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”^[a](F) When he had said this, he breathed his last.^(G)

⁴⁷ The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God^(H) and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

⁴ and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power^[a](A) by his resurrection from the dead:^(B) Jesus Christ our Lord.^(C)

¹⁶ Beyond all question, the mystery^(A) from which true godliness^(B) springs is great: