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

⁴⁵ Now from twelve o'clock to three o'clock darkness covered all the land, ⁴⁶ and about three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani" (that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

⁴⁷ On hearing this some of the bystanders said, "He is calling for Elijah."

⁴⁸ One of them ran off at once and took a sponge, which he soaked in vinegar and put on the end of a stick to give him a drink. ⁴⁹ But the others said, "Stop, let us see if Elijah does come to save him!" [Seizing a lance, another pricked his side, and out came water and blood.]

⁵⁰ Jesus again uttered a loud scream and gave up his spirit. ⁵¹ And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were split, ⁵² the tombs were opened, and a number of bodies of the saints who slept the sleep of death rose up ??53 they left the tombs after his resurrection and entered the holy city and appeared to a number of people.

⁵⁴ Now when the army-captain and his men who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were dreadfully afraid; they said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

⁵⁵ There were also a number of women there looking on from a distance, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and waited on him, ⁵⁶ including Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedaeus.

³³ When twelve o'clock came, darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock, ³⁴ and at three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "El?i, El?i, lema sabachthanei" (which means, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

³⁵ On hearing this some of the bystanders said, "Look, he is calling for Elijah." ³⁶ One man ran off, soaked a sponge in vinegar, and put it on the end of a stick to give him a drink, saying, "Come on, let us see if Elijah does come to take him down!"

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

⁴⁰ There were some women also watching at a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome, ⁴¹ women who had followed him when he was in Galilee and waited on him, besides a number of other women who had accompanied him to Jerusalem.

⁴⁴ By this time it was about twelve o'clock, and darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock, ⁴⁵ owing to an eclipse of the sun; the curtain in the middle of the temple was torn in two. ⁴⁶ Then with a loud cry Jesus said, "Father, I trust my spirit to thy hands," and with these words he expired.

⁴⁷ When the army-captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent." ⁴⁸ And when all the crowds who had collected for the sight saw what had happened, they turned away beating their breasts. ⁴⁹ As for his acquaintances, they were all standing at a distance to look on, with the women who had accompanied him from Galilee.

²⁸ After that, as Jesus knew that everything was now finished and fulfilled, he said (to fulfil the scripture), "I am thirsty." ²⁹ A jug full of vinegar was lying there; so they put a sponge full of vinegar on a spear and held it to his lips.

³⁰ And when Jesus took the vinegar, he said, "It is finished," bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

³¹ Now, as it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath (for that sabbath-day was a great day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed. ³² So the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man and of the other man who had been crucified along with him; ³³ but when they came to Jesus and saw he was dead already, they did not break his legs; ³⁴ only, one of the soldiers pricked his side with a lance, and out came blood and water in a moment. ³⁵ He who saw it has borne witness (his witness is true; God knows he is telling the truth), that you may believe. ³⁶ For this took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him will be broken. ³⁷ And another scripture also says, They shall look on him whom they have impaled.