The Death of Jesus

³³And when the sixth hour came, darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?'—which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' ³⁵Some of the bystanders heard him and said, "Listen — he's calling for Elijah." ³⁶One man ran and soaked a sponge in sour wine, stuck it on a stick, and held it up for Jesus to drink. "Leave him alone," he said. "Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down." ³⁷Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice and gave up the ghost. ³⁸At that moment, the curtain in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹When the centurion standing opposite him saw that he so cried out and breathed his last, he said, “Truly, this man was the Son of God.” ⁴⁰A group of women watched from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome. ⁴¹These women had followed Jesus and served him when he was in Galilee. Many other women who had traveled with him to Jerusalem were there as well.