The Death of Jesus
44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three,
45 because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.
46 And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” Saying this, he breathed his last.
47 When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”
48 All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.
49 But all who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
Commentary
(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary, 1706 -- www.christianity.com)
"We have here the death of Christ magnified by the wonders that attended it, and his death explained by the words with which he breathed out his soul. He was willing to offer himself. Let us seek to glorify God by true repentance and conversion; by protesting against those who crucify the Savior; by a sober, righteous, and godly life; and by employing our talents in the service of Him who died for us and rose again."
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