Luke 23:41-52

⁴¹They have justly decided that we (inc) two must die. They are punishing us as we deserve for the evil things that we did. But this man has done nothing wrong!”

⁴²Then he said, “Jesus, please remember me and take care of me when you become king!”

⁴³Jesus replied, “I want you (sg) to know that today you (sg) will be with me in the place where everyone is happy!” (OR, that today you will be with me in Paradise!)

⁴⁴Then it was about noontime. It became dark over the whole land, and it stayed dark until three o'clock in the afternoon.

⁴⁵There was no light from the sun. Then the thick curtain that closed off the most holy place in the Temple split into two pieces. That signified that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God.

⁴⁶As that happened, Jesus shouted loudly, “Father, I put my spirit into your care MTY!” When he said that, he EUP died.

⁴⁷When the officer who supervised the soldiers who were executing Jesus saw what happened, he praised God for the way Jesus died, saying, “ I am sure that this man had done nothing wrong!”

⁴⁸When the crowd of people who had gathered to see those events saw what happened, they returned to their homes, beating their chests to show that they were sorrowful.

⁴⁹All of Jesus' friends, including the women who had come with him from Galilee district, stood at a distance and saw everything that happened.

⁵⁰There was a man named Joseph who came there. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea. He was a good and a righteous man, and he was a member of the Jewish Council.

⁵¹But he had not agreed with the other Council members when they decided to kill Jesus and when they planned how to do it. He was waiting expectantly for the time when God would send his king to begin to rule.

⁵²He went to Pilate and asked Pilate to permit him to take Jesus' body and bury it. After Pilate allowed him to do that,