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Some of the people standing there heard him and said, "He is calling for Elijah!"
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One of them ran up at once, took a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, put it on the end of a stick, and tried to make him drink it.
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But the others said, "Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to save him!"
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Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his last.
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Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart,
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the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life.
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They left the graves, and after Jesus rose from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them.
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When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, "He really was the Son of God!"
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There were many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee and helped him.
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Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the wife of Zebedee.
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When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea arrived; his name was Joseph, and he also was a disciple of Jesus.