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And all the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him and said, "Ah! you who were for destroying the Sanctuary and building a new one in three days,
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come down from the cross and save yourself."
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In the same way the High Priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on scoffing at Him, saying to one another, "He has saved others: himself he cannot save!
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This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.
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At noon there came a darkness over the whole land, lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon.
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But at three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Elohi, Elohi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"
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Some of the bystanders, hearing Him, said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"
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Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."
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But Jesus uttered a loud cry and yielded up His spirit.
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And the curtain in the Sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom.