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People walking by insulted him, shaking their heads and saying, "Ha! So you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, were you?
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Save yourself and come down from that cross!"
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In the same way, the chief priests were making fun of him among themselves, together with the legal experts. "He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself.
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Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross. Then we'll see and believe." Even those who had been crucified with Jesus insulted him.
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From noon until three in the afternoon the whole earth was dark.
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At three, Jesus cried out with a loud shout, "
Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani," which means, "My God, my God, why have you left me?"
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After hearing him, some standing there said, "Look! He's calling Elijah!"
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Someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, and put it on a pole. He offered it to Jesus to drink, saying, "Let's see if Elijah will come to take him down."
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But Jesus let out a loud cry and died.
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The curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.
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When the centurion, who stood facing Jesus, saw how he died, he said, "This man was certainly God's Son."