Daily Bread

The Death of Jesus^(A)

⁴⁴ It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,^{(B) 45} for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple^(C) was torn in two.^{(D) 46} Jesus called out with a loud voice,^(E) “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”^[a](F) When he had said this, he breathed his last.^(G)

⁴⁷ The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God^(H) and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” ⁴⁸ When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts^(I) and went away. ⁴⁹ But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee,^(J) stood at a distance,^(K) watching these things.

The Burial of Jesus^(L)

⁵⁰ Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, ⁵¹ who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.^{(M) 52} Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. ⁵³ Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. ⁵⁴ It was Preparation Day,^(N) and the Sabbath was about to begin.

⁵⁵ The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee^(O) followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. ⁵⁶ Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.^(P) But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.^(Q)