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So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, [fn] he said, "Truly this Man was the Son of God!"

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Luke 24:50-53">[xr] So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

And the angel answered and said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings.

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

For with God nothing will be impossible."

And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God.

"Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people,

Through the tender mercy of our God,With which the Dayspring from on high has visited [fn] us;

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

"Glory to God in the highest,And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" [fn]

Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said: