路加福音23:44-49

 

23:44 那時約有午正，遍地都黑暗了，直到申初，
23:45 日頭變黑了；殿裡的幔子從當中裂為兩半。
23:46 耶穌大聲喊著說：「父啊！我將我的靈魂交在你手裡。」說了這話，氣就斷了。
23:47 百夫長看見所成的事，就歸榮耀與上帝，說：「這真是個義人！」
23:48 聚集觀看的眾人見了這所成的事都捶著胸回去了。
23:49 還有一切與耶穌熟識的人，和從加利利跟著他來的婦女們，都遠遠地站著看這些事。

 

⁴⁴ It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, ⁴⁵ for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. ⁴⁶ Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”^[e] When he had said this, he breathed his last.

⁴⁷ The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” ⁴⁸ When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. ⁴⁹ But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

 

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    主耶穌是真真實實的斷氣，也唯有基督真正死了才能為我們贖罪！這是上帝奇妙的作為，讓無罪的上帝之子為有罪的我們而死，承擔祂所拯救之人的一切罪惡，包括過去、現在及將來的罪行和原始的罪性！

 

    然而主耶穌的死也造成了許多人的震驚，因為他們終於醒過來自己到底做了什麼事情了！他們都捶著胸回去了，表示內心受到指責，明白自己竟然成了最惡勢力的幫兇！

 

    這一切似乎是人的鬧劇，卻是上帝要成就永遠救贖所必須的！讓人十分難以明白，但是只能接受帝所成就的一切！更為了上帝的拯救，獻上讚美，歸榮耀給上帝！