Matthew 27:45-56
New King James Version
Jesus Dies on the Cross(A)
45 (B)Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the ninth hour (C)Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, (D)“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
47 Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” 48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, (E)filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.
49 The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”
50 And Jesus (F)cried out again with a loud voice, and (G)yielded up His spirit.
51 Then, behold, (H)the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
54 (I)So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, (J)“Truly this was the Son of God!”
55 And many women (K)who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, 56 (L)among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and [a]Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
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- Matthew 27:56 NU Joseph
Matthew 27:45-56
American Standard Version
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the [a]land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, [b]Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, [c]why hast thou forsaken me? 47 And some of them that stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.[d] 50 And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. 51 And behold, the veil of the [e]temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent; 52 and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many. 54 Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was [f]the Son of God. 55 And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56 among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of [g]James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
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- Matthew 27:45 Or, earth
- Matthew 27:46 Ps. 22:1.
- Matthew 27:46 Or, why didst thou forsake me?
- Matthew 27:49 Many ancient authorities add And another took a spear and pierced his side, and there came out water and blood. See Jn. 19:34.
- Matthew 27:51 Or, sanctuary
- Matthew 27:54 Or, a son of God
- Matthew 27:56 Or, Jacob
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