Luke 23:43-45

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⁴³Jesus said to him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, today you will be with Me in ^[a]Paradise.”^(A)

⁴⁴It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),^(B) ⁴⁵because the sun was ^[b]obscured; and the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was ^[c]torn in two [from top to bottom].^(C)

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Footnotes

Luke 23:43 I.e. possibly the third heaven, the special place or “garden” (Gen 2:8-10) between death and resurrection.
Luke 23:45 Lit failing. The language that Luke uses is found elsewhere in Greek literature to describe an eclipse.
Luke 23:45 The tearing of the veil established the institution of a new, direct way of communication between God and mankind. The sacrificial death of Christ nullified the need for priestly intervention between God and man, and abolished the need for animal sacrifice.