45 [a]because the sun stopped shining; and (A)the veil of the temple was torn [b]in two. 46 And Jesus, (B)crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, (C)into Your hands I entrust My spirit.” And having said this, He [c]died. 47 (D)Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began (E)praising God, saying, “This man was in fact [d]innocent.” 48 And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, after watching what had happened, began to return home, [e](F)beating their chests. 49 (G)And all His acquaintances and (H)the women who accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, seeing these things.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:45 Lit the sun failing
  2. Luke 23:45 Lit in the middle
  3. Luke 23:46 Lit expired
  4. Luke 23:47 Lit righteous
  5. Luke 23:48 I.e., as a traditional sign of mourning or contrition

45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple(A) was torn in two.(B) 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice,(C) “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”[a](D) When he had said this, he breathed his last.(E)

47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God(F) and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” 48 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts(G) and went away. 49 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee,(H) stood at a distance,(I) watching these things.

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  1. Luke 23:46 Psalm 31:5

45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

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