Matthew 27:45–54

Jesus Dies on the Cross

⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour, darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)^{p 47}And some of those who were standing there, when they^* heard it,^* said, “This man is summoning Elijah!” ⁴⁸And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it^* with sour wine and put it^* on a reed and^* gave it^* to him to drink. ⁴⁹But the others said, “Leave him^* alone! Let us see if Elijah is coming to save him.” ⁵⁰And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and^* gave up his^* spirit. ⁵¹And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook and the rocks were split. ⁵²And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, ⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

⁵⁴Now the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus, when they^* saw the earthquake and the things that took place, were extremely frightened, saying, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”