Luke 23:38-49

³⁸Above him were the words — ‘THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.’

³⁹One of the criminals who were hanging beside Jesus railed at him. “Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us,” he said.

⁴⁰But the other rebuked him. “Haven't you,” he said, “any fear of God, now that you are under the same sentence?

⁴¹And we justly so, for we are only reaping our deserts, but this man has not done anything wrong.

⁴²Jesus,” he went on, “do not forget me when you have come to your kingdom.”

⁴³And Jesus answered, “I tell you, this very day you will be with me in Paradise.”

⁴⁴It was nearly midday, when a darkness came over the whole country, lasting until three in the afternoon,

⁴⁵the sun being eclipsed; and the Temple curtain was torn down the middle.

⁴⁶Then Jesus, with a loud cry, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” And with these words he expired.

⁴⁷The Roman captain, on seeing what had happened, praised God, exclaiming, “This must have been a good man!”

⁴⁸All the people who had collected to see the sight watched what occurred, and then went home beating their breasts.

⁴⁹All the friends of Jesus had been standing at a distance, with the women who accompanied him from Galilee, watching all this.