44 [a]And it was about the sixth hour: and there was a darkness over all the land, until the ninth hour.

45 [b]And the Sun was darkened, and the veil of the Temple rent through the midst.

46 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said, (A)Father, into thine hands I commend my spirit. And when he thus had said, he gave up the ghost.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:44 Christ being even at the point of death, showeth himself to be God almighty, even to the blind.
  2. Luke 23:45 Christ entereth stoutly into the very darkness of death, for to overcome death even within his most secret places.

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:46 Psalm 31:5