| 39 | And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads |
| 40 | and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross." |
| 41 | So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, |
| 42 | "He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. |
| 43 | He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him; for he said, `I am the Son of God.'" |
| 44 | And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way. |
| 45 | Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. |
| 46 | And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, la'ma sabach-tha'ni?" that is, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" |
| 47 | And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "This man is calling Eli'jah." |
| 48 | And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink. |
| 49 | But the others said, "Wait, let us see whether Eli'jah will come to save him." |
| 50 | And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his 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; |