Matthew 27:45-56 - Jesus Dies On The Cross

⁴⁵ Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o'clock. ⁴⁶ And about three, Jesus called out loudly, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?"

⁴⁷ Some of the bystanders when they heard it said, "The man is calling for Elijah!"

⁴⁸ And one of them ran off at once and got a sponge and soaked it in sour wine and put it on the end of a stick and held it up to him to drink. ⁴⁹ But the others said, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to save him."

⁵⁰ But Jesus cried out again loudly, and gave up his spirit. ⁵¹ And at once the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split, ⁵² the tombs opened, and many of the saints who had fallen asleep rose ⁵³ and left their tombs and after his resurrection went into the holy city and showed themselves to many people.

⁵⁴ And the captain and the men with him who were watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, were dreadfully frightened and said, "He surely must have been a son of God!"

⁵⁵ There were several women there watching from a distance who had followed Jesus from Galilee to wait upon him, ⁵⁶ among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

³³ At noon darkness spread over the whole country, and lasted until three in the afternoon. ³⁴ And at three o'clock Jesus called out loudly, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

³⁵ Some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, "See! He is calling for Elijah!" ³⁶ One man ran off and soaked a sponge in common wine, and put it on the end of a stick and held it up to him to drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah does come to take him down!"

³⁷ But Jesus gave a loud cry, and expired. ³⁸ And the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom. ³⁹ And when the captain who stood facing him saw how he expired he said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

⁴⁰ There were some women also watching from a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome, ⁴¹ who used to accompany him and wait on him when he was in Galilee??esides many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him.

⁴⁴ It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole country, and lasted until three in the afternoon, ⁴⁵ as the sun was in eclipse. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two. ⁴⁶ Then Jesus gave a loud cry, and said, "Father, I intrust my spirit to your hands!" With these words he expired.

⁴⁷ When the captain saw what had happened he praised God, and said, "This man was really innocent!" ⁴⁸ And all the crowds that had collected for the sight, when they saw what happened, returned to the city beating their breasts. ⁴⁹ And all his acquaintances and the women who had come with him from Galilee, stood at a distance looking on.

²⁸ After that, Jesus, knowing that everything was now finished, to fulfil the saying of Scripture, said, "I am thirsty." ²⁹ A bowl of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge soaked in the wine on a pike and held it to his lips.

³⁰ When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, "It is finished!" Then bowing his head he gave up his spirit.

³¹ As it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, in order that the bodies might not be left on the crosses over the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was an especially important one, the Jews asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and the bodies removed. ³² So the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man and then of the other who had been crucified with him. ³³ But when they came to Jesus they saw that he was dead already, and they did not break his legs, ³⁴ but one of the soldiers thrust a lance into his side, and blood and water immediately flowed out. ³⁵ The man who saw it testifies to it??is testimony is true; he knows that he is telling the truth??o lead you also to believe. ³⁶ For this happened to fulfil what the Scripture says: "Not one of its bones will be broken." ³⁷ Moreover, it says in another place, "They shall look at the man whom they pierced."