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Matthew 27:43-53
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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.”
50
Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit.
51
At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart,
52
and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead.
53
They left the cemetery after Jesus’ resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people.
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[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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