331And when they came to a placecalled2Golgotha, whichmeansPlace of a Skull,
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3they gave Him 4wine to drinkmixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling* to drink.
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And when they had crucified Him, 5they divided up His garmentsamong themselves by castinglots.
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And sittingdown, they began to 6keepwatchover Him there.
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And above His head they put up the chargeagainst Him which read, "7THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
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At that timetworobbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.
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And thosepassing by were hurlingabuse at Him, 8wagging their heads
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and saying, "9You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in threedays, saveYourself! 10If You are the Son of God, comedown from the cross."
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In the sameway the chiefpriestsalso, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,
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"11He savedothers; He cannot*saveHimself. 12He is the King of Israel; let Him nowcomedown from the cross, and we will believe in Him.
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"13HE TRUSTS IN GOD; LET GODRESCUE Him now, IF HE DELIGHTS IN HIM; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.' "
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14The robbers who had been crucified with Him were alsoinsulting Him with the same words.
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15Now from the sixthhourdarknessfell upon all the landuntil the ninthhour.
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About the ninthhourJesuscried out with a loudvoice, saying, "16ELI, ELI, LAMASABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
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And some of those who were standingthere, when they heard it, began saying, "Thisman is calling for Elijah."
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17Immediatelyone of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sourwine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.
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But the rest of them said, "Let us seewhetherElijah will come to save Him."
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And Jesus18cried out again with a loudvoice, and yielded up His spirit.
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19And behold, 20the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and 21the earthshook and the rocks were split.
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The tombs were opened, and manybodies of the saints who had 22fallenasleep were raised;
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and coming out of the tombsafter His resurrection they entered23the holycity and appeared to many.
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24Now the centurion, and those who were with him 25keepingguardoverJesus, when they saw26the earthquake and the things that were happening, became veryfrightened and said, "Trulythis was 27the Son of God!"
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28Manywomen were therelooking on from a distance, who had followedJesus from Galilee while 29ministering to Him.
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Among them was 30MaryMagdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and 31the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
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5732When it was evening, there came a richman from Arimathea, namedJoseph, whohimself had alsobecome a disciple of Jesus.
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Thismanwent to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ThenPilateordered it to be given to him.
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And Josephtook the body and wrapped it in a cleanlinencloth,
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and laid it in his own newtomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled33a largestone against the entrance of the tomb and wentaway.
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And 34MaryMagdalene was there, and the otherMary, sittingopposite the grave.
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Now on the nextday, the dayafter35the preparation, the chiefpriests and the Phariseesgatheredtogether with Pilate,
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and said, "Sir, we remember that when He was stillalive that deceiversaid, '36Afterthreedays I am to riseagain.'
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"Therefore, giveorders for the grave to be madesecureuntil the thirdday, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the lastdeception will be worse than the first."
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Pilatesaid to them, "You have a 37guard; go, make it as secure as you knowhow."
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And they went and made the gravesecure, and along with 38the guard they set a 39seal on 40the stone.