43 He said, “Don’t worry, I will. Today you will join me in paradise.”

44-46 By now it was noon. The whole earth became dark, the darkness lasting three hours—a total blackout. The Temple curtain split right down the middle. Jesus called loudly, “Father, I place my life in your hands!” Then he breathed his last.

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43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”(A)

The Death of Jesus(B)

44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,(C) 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple(D) was torn in two.(E)

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