[Holy Week]: #20; Jesus' Death

   Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there
was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth
hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God,
why have You forsaken Me?"
   Some of those who stood there, when they heard
that, said, "This Man is calling for Elijah!" Immediate-
ly one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with
sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him
to drink.
   The rest said, "Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah
will come to save Him."
   And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and
yielded up His spirit.
   Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two
from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the
rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and
many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were
raised; and coming out of the graves after His resur-
rection, they went into the holy city and appeared to
many.
   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,
"Truly this was the Son of God!"

Matthew 27:45-54