44 Now it [a]was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 45 Then the sun was [b]darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in [c]two. 46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ ” Having said this, He breathed His last.
47 So when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous Man!”
48 And the whole crowd who came together to that sight, seeing what had been done, beat their breasts and returned. 49 But all His acquaintances, and the women who followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
Luke 23:44-49
Jesus dies on the cross. Darkness covered the earth from noon until 3pm, which generally should have been the brightest part of the day. At 3pm the sun darkened, the veil in the temple, standing 60 feet tall by 30 feet wide by 4 inches thick was torn in two.
With the veil torn it represented that there was nothing standing between God and man other than sin, no more intermediaries were required. The only way to the Father was Christ. At the same moment, Jesus called out “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit,” and breathed his last.
The centurion, a servant of Rome and oppressor of Jerusalem began to glorify God, recognizing Christ as a righteous man. The crowd who bore witness beat their breast out of guilt for what they had allowed if not encouraged, and left while His followers who were present simply observed all that was transpiring.