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The Death of Jesus

44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land[a] until three in the afternoon, 45 while the sun’s light failed;[b] and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” Having said this, he breathed his last.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:44 Or earth
  2. Luke 23:45 Or the sun was eclipsed. Other ancient authorities read the sun was darkened

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