40 and saying, (A)“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! (B)If you are (C)the Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 (D)“He saved others; (E)he cannot save himself. (F)He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 (G)He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 (H)And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

The Death of Jesus

45 Now from the sixth hour[a] there was darkness over all the land[b] until the ninth hour.[c] 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus (I)cried out with a loud voice, saying, (J)“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 47 And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” 48 And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with (K)sour wine, and put it on a reed and (L)gave it to him to drink. 49 But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:45 That is, noon
  2. Matthew 27:45 Or earth
  3. Matthew 27:45 That is, 3 p.m.

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