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They set up over his head his accusation written, "THIS IS YESHUA, THE KING OF THE YEHUDIM."
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Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
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Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
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and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
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Likewise the chief Kohanim also mocking, with the Sofrim, the Perushim, and the Zakenim, said,
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"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Yisra'el, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
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He trusts in God. Let him deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
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The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
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Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
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About the ninth hour Yeshua cried with a loud voice, saying, "`Eli, `Eli, lama shavakhtani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
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Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man calls Eliyah."