Mark 15:33-41

International Standard Version

Jesus Dies on the Cross^(A)

³³ At noon,^[a] darkness came over the whole land^[b] until three in the afternoon.^{[c] 34} At three o’clock,^[d] Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, eloi,^[e] lema sabachthani?”^[f] (which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)^[g]

³⁵ When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, “Listen! He’s calling for Elijah!”^[h]

³⁶ So someone ran and soaked a sponge in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus^[i] a drink, saying, “Wait! Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down!”

³⁷ Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. ³⁸ The curtain^[j] in the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹ When the centurion^[k] who stood facing Jesus^[l] saw how he had cried out and^[m] breathed his last, he said, “This man certainly was the Son of God!”

⁴⁰ Now there were women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene,^[n] Mary the mother of young James and Joseph, and Salome. ⁴¹ They used to accompany him and care for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him were there, too.