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Matthew 27:48

Verse 48 of 66. The 27th of 28 chapters in Matthew, in The Gospels.

44The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.

45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

46About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

47Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”

48Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.

49The rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”

50Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

51Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.

52The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

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