³⁵And when they had crucified him, tthey divided his garments among them by casting lots. ³⁶Then they sat down and ukept watch over him there. ³⁷And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, vthe King of the Jews.” ³⁸Then two wrobbers were crucified with him, xone on the right and one on the left. ³⁹And ythose who passed by zderided him, awagging their heads ⁴⁰and saying, b“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! cIf you are dthe Son of God, come down from the cross.” ⁴¹So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, ⁴²e“He saved others; fhe cannot save himself. gHe is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. ⁴³hHe trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ⁴⁴iAnd the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour6 there was darkness over all the land7 until the ninth hour.8 ⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus jcried out with a loud voice, saying, k“Eli, 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 lsour wine, and put it on a reed and mgave it to him to drink. ⁴⁹But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.” ⁵⁰And Jesus ncried out again with a loud voice and oyielded up his spirit.

⁵¹And behold, pthe curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And qthe earth shook, and the rocks were split. ⁵²The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of rthe saints swho had fallen asleep were raised, ⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into tthe holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴uWhen the centurion and those who were with him, vkeeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, w“Truly this was the Son9 of God!”

⁵⁵There were also xmany women there, looking on yfrom a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, zministering to him, ⁵⁶among whom were zMary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and athe mother of the sons of Zebedee.

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