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45 (A) The sun stopped shining, and the curtain in the temple[a] split down the middle. 46 (B) Jesus shouted, “Father, I put myself in your hands!” Then he died.

47 When the Roman officer saw what had happened, he praised God and said, “Jesus must really have been a good man!”

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  1. 23.45 curtain in the temple: There were two curtains in the temple. One was at the entrance, and the other separated the holy place from the most holy place that the Jewish people thought of as God's home on earth. The second curtain is probably the one which is meant.

45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple(A) was torn in two.(B) 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice,(C) “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”[a](D) When he had said this, he breathed his last.(E)

47 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God(F) and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

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  1. Luke 23:46 Psalm 31:5