38. An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
39. One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Messiah, save yourself and us!”
40. But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
41. And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
42. He said to Yeshua, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
43. Yeshua said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
44. It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
45. The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
46. Yeshua, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.
47. When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
48. All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.
49. All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things.
50. Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man
51. (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Judeans, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom:
52. this man went to Pilate, and asked for Yeshua’s body.
53. He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.