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You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
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In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,
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A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.
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He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.
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And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.
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Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
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And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?
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And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.
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And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.
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And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.
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And Jesus gave another loud cry, and gave up his spirit.