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So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,
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"He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
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He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
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And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.
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Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
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And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, la'ma sabach-tha'ni?" that is, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
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And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "This man is calling Eli'jah."
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And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.
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But the others said, "Wait, let us see whether Eli'jah will come to save him."
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And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.
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And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split;