The Bible Passage Actor Eddie Redmayne Read at Atheist Stephen Hawking’s Funeral

Actor Eddie Redmayne, who played Professor Stephen Hawking in the 2014 film “The Theory of Everything,” read a poignant Bible passage at the funeral of the renowned physicist and self-proclaimed atheist on Saturday.

Redmayne read from Ecclesiastes 3.1-11 in the Old Testament at the funeral in Cambridge, U.K., which was attended by over 500 guests, The Independent reported.

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh,” the passage reads.

“A time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace,” it continues.

Redmayne won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his 2014 portrayal of Hawking, who at age 21 was diagnosed with the crippling disease ALS.

The physicist died in March at his home in Cambridge at the age of 76, greatly defying expectations when he was given only two to three years to live at the time of diagnosis.

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Source: Christian Post