Matthew 27:45-56

The Death of Jesus

45Now from the sixth hour
That is, noon
there was darkness over all the land
Or earth
until the ninth hour.
That is, 3 p.m.
46And about the ninth hour Jesus dcried out with a loud voice, saying, eEli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 47And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” 48And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with fsour wine, and put it on a reed and ggave it to him to drink. 49But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.” 50And Jesus hcried out again with a loud voice and iyielded up his spirit.

51And behold, jthe curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And kthe earth shook, and the rocks were split. 52The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of lthe saints mwho had fallen asleep were raised, 53and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into nthe holy city and appeared to many. 54 oWhen the centurion and those who were with him, pkeeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, qTruly this was the Son
Or a son
of God!”

55There were also smany women there, looking on tfrom a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, uministering to him, 56among whom were vMary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and wthe mother of the sons of Zebedee.

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