Luke 23:37-50

37and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”

38An inscription was above him: This Is the King of the Jews.

39Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

40But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment?

41We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

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

43And he said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

44It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three,

45because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

46And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” Saying this, he breathed his last.

47When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”

48All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.

49But all who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

50There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,