Luke 23:29-56
23:29 For this is certain:
The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’
23:30 Then they will begin
to say to the mountains, ‘
Fall on us!’
and to the hills, ‘
Cover us!’
23:31 For if such things are done
when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
23:32 Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.
23:33 So when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
23:34 [But Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.
23:35 The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”
23:36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,
23:37 and saying, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”
23:38 There was also an inscription over him, “This is the king of the Jews.”
23:39 One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
23:40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Don’t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
23:41 And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
23:42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”
23:43 And Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
23:44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,
23:45 because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.
23:46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And after he said this he breathed his last.
23:47 Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, “Certainly this man was innocent!”
23:48 And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.
23:49 And all those who knew Jesus stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee saw these things.
Jesus’ Burial
23:50 Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.
23:51 (He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.
23:52 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
23:53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.
23:54 It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning.
23:55 The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.
23:56 Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes.
On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.