Matthew 27:45-56

Lexham English Bible

Jesus Dies on the Cross

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour, darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁶ And 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?”)^{[a] 47} And some of those who were standing there, when they^[b] heard it,^[c] said, “This man is summoning Elijah!” ⁴⁸ And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it^[d] with sour wine and put it^[e] on a reed and^[f] gave it^[g] to him to drink. ⁴⁹ But the others said, “Leave him^[h] alone! let us see if Elijah is coming to save him.” ⁵⁰ And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and^[i] gave up his^[j] spirit. ⁵¹ And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook and the rocks were split. ⁵² And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, ⁵³ and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

⁵⁴ Now the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus, when they^[k] saw the earthquake and the things that took place, were extremely frightened, saying, “Truly this man was God’s Son!” ⁵⁵ And there were many women there, observing from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him, ⁵⁶ among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.