Matthew 27:45–54

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour⁶ there was darkness over all the land⁷ until the ninth hour.^{8 46}And about the ninth hour Jesus ^jcried out with a loud voice, saying, ^k“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ⁴⁷And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” ⁴⁸And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with ^lsour wine, and put it on a reed and ^mgave it to him to drink. ⁴⁹But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.” ⁵⁰And Jesus ⁿcried out again with a loud voice and ^oyielded up his spirit.

⁵¹And behold, ^pthe curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And ^qthe earth shook, and the rocks were split. ⁵²The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of ^rthe saints ^swho had fallen asleep were raised, ⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into ^tthe holy city and appeared to many. ^54uWhen the centurion and those who were with him, ^vkeeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, ^w“Truly this was the Son⁹ of God!”