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

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour, darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")

⁴⁷ And some of those who were standing there, [when they] heard [it], said, "This man is summoning Elijah!"

⁴⁸ And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge and filled [it] with sour wine and put [it] on a reed [and] gave [it] to him to drink. ⁴⁹ But the others said, "Leave [him] alone! let us see if Elijah is coming to save him."

⁵⁰ And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice [and] gave up his spirit. ⁵¹ And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook and the rocks were split. ⁵² And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, ⁵³ and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

⁵⁴ Now the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus, [when they] saw the earthquake and the things that took place, were extremely frightened, saying, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

⁵⁵ And there were many women there, observing from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him, ⁵⁶ among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

³³ And [when] the sixth hour came, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which is translated, "My God, my God, {why} have you forsaken me?")

³⁵ And some of the bystanders, [when they] heard [it], said, "Behold, he is summoning Elijah!" ³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put [it] on a reed, [and] gave [it] to him to drink, saying, "Leave [him] alone! Let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down."

³⁷ But Jesus uttered a loud cry [and] expired. ³⁸ And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹ And [when] the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

⁴⁰ And there were also women observing from a distance, among whom [were] Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome, ⁴¹ who used to follow him and serve him when he was in Galilee, and many other [women] who went up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴⁴ And by this time it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour ⁴⁵ [because] [the light] of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart [down] the middle. ⁴⁶ And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!" And [after he] said this, he expired.

⁴⁷ Now [when] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!" ⁴⁸ And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, [when they] saw the things that had happened, returned [home] beating [their] breasts. ⁴⁹ And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these [things], stood at a distance.

²⁸ After this, Jesus, knowing that now at last everything was completed, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty." ²⁹ A jar full of sour wine was standing there, so [they] put a sponge full of the sour wine on a [branch of] hyssop [and] brought [it] to his mouth.

³⁰ Then when he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed," and bowing [his] head, he gave up [his] spirit.

³¹ Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an important day), asked Pilate that their legs could be broken and they could be taken away. ³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him. ³³ But [when they] came to Jesus, after they saw he was already dead, they did not break his legs. ³⁴ But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out immediately. ³⁵ And the one who has seen [it] has testified, and his testimony is true, and that person knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. ³⁶ For these [things] happened in order that the scripture would be fulfilled: "Not a bone of his will be broken." ³⁷ And again another scripture says, "They will look on [the one] whom they have pierced."