Matthew 27:39-49

39 The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery.
40 “Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!”
41 The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus.
42 “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him!
43 He trusted God, so let God rescue him now if he wants him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
44 Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with him ridiculed him in the same way.
45 At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
46 At about three o’clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
47 Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.
48 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink.
49 But the rest said, “Wait! Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Ps 22:1 .
  • [b]. Some manuscripts add And another took a spear and pierced his side, and out flowed water and blood. Compare John 19:34 .
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