It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
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… Continue verse 34. It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. While the sun's light failed, and the curtain of the temple was torn in two, then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he breathed his last. When Jesus is finally ready to give up his own life, where does he trust it to? Into the hands of his Father. Amazingly, that is the same place that you and I go to the moment that we die. We enter into eternal life and are received by the gracious and comforting hands in our Lord. Of course, there are earthly things to fear and to be nervous about. There's no discounting those. But the ultimate fear for the people of God in death is gone. We are to be received by God and his hands. So as you can read in the catechism, this phrase, descent into hell, is a summary statement of suffering, death, and burial, which is to say, and this is pretty much anywhere else except this context, crude language, but that Christ went through hell. …
… His last words were spoken. We read about it in Luke chapter 23, verse 44. He breathed his last. Now, in those three verses, Luke is telling us what happened in three places. He tells us what happened in the skies. He tells us what happened in the temple. And he tells us what happened at the cross. First of all, he explains what is going on in the heavens with an incredible phenomenon. Now it was about the sixth hour. and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. Then the sun was darkened. Okay, let me give you a quick rundown. Jesus was placed on the cross at nine o'clock in the morning. When he was put on the cross during the first, he was on the cross for six hours in total. He died at three in the afternoon or thereabouts. They didn't have clocks, seconds, and minutes, but around that time. He was placed on the cross at nine in the morning, and he said three, he made three statements almost immediately while he was on the cross. …
… let's read the word of God together. Luke 23, verse 44 through 47. Everybody, it was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. Verse 45. For the sun stopped shining and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Verse 46. Jesus called out with a loud voice, Father, in your hands, I commit my spirit. When he said this, he breathed his last. Verse 47. The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, Surely this was a righteous man. Let's read verse 47 again with a little bit more vim, vigor, and vitality. Everybody, the centurion seeing what had happened, praised God and said, Surely, it is your life. Amen. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. the centurion seeing what had happened praised God and said surely this was a righteous man I want to preach for a little while today using as a subject you got the wrong one look at the person beside you and tell them you better tell them You got the wrong one. …