The Death of Jesus

44 ^mIt was now about the sixth hour,¹ and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,² 45 while the sun’s light failed. And ⁿthe curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Then Jesus, ^ocalling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, ^pinto your hands I ^qcommit my spirit!” And having said this ^rhe breathed his last. 47 Now ^swhen the centurion saw what had taken place, ^the praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!” 48 And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home ^ubeating their breasts. 49 And all ^vhis acquaintances and ^wthe women who had followed him from Galilee ^xstood at a distance watching these things.

Jesus Is Buried

50 ^yNow there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action; and he ^zwas looking for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and ^alaid him in a tomb cut in stone, ^bwhere no one had ever yet been laid. 54 It was the day of ^cPreparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.³ 55 ^dThe women ^ewho had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. 56 Then they returned and ^fprepared spices and ointments.

On the Sabbath they rested ^gaccording to the commandment.

The Resurrection

1 ^hBut on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, ⁱtaking the spices they had prepared. 2 And they found ^jthe stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, ^ktwo ^lmen stood by them in dazzling apparel. 5 And as they were ^mfrightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, ⁿwhile he was still in Galilee, 7 ⁿthat the Son of Man ^omust be delivered into the hands of sinful men and ^pbe crucified and on ^qthe third day rise.” 8 And ^rthey remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb they ^stold all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was ^tMary Magdalene and ^uJoanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, 11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and ^vthey did not believe them. 12 But ^wPeter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw ^xthe linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.