NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 47

Luke 23:47

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When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”

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Luke 23:47 in context

Luke 23:44–50

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

Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

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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 chests.

49

All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things.

50

Behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

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