⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).^{(A) 46} About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud [agonized] voice, ^[a]“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”^{(B) 47} When some of the bystanders there heard it, they began saying, “This man is calling for ^[b]Elijah.” ⁴⁸ Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, soaked it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.^{(C) 49} But the rest said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him [from death].” ⁵⁰ And Jesus cried out again with a loud [agonized] voice, and gave up His spirit [voluntarily, sovereignly dismissing and releasing His spirit from His body in submission to His Father’s plan].^(D)