Luke 23:41-52

⁴¹“For us the sentence is right since we're being punished for what we did, but this man didn't do anything wrong.”

⁴²Then he said, “Jesus, please remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

⁴³Jesus replied, “I promise you today you will be with me in paradise.”

⁴⁴By this time it was around noon and darkness fell over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

⁴⁵The sun's light was shut out, and the Temple veil was torn in two.

⁴⁶Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, I place myself in your hands.” Having said this he breathed his last.

⁴⁷When the centurion saw what had happened he praised God and said, “Surely this man was innocent.”

⁴⁸When all the crowds that had come to watch saw what happened they went home beating their chests in grief.

⁴⁹But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who'd followed him from Galilee, watched from a distance.

⁵⁰There was a man called Joseph who was good and honest. He was a member of the council,

⁵¹but he hadn't agreed with its decisions and actions. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God.

⁵²Joseph went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.