²⁹ A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so ^(A)they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth. ³⁰ Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “^(B)It is finished!” And He bowed His head and ^(C)gave up His spirit.

⁴⁸ And ^(A)immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.

⁵⁰ And Jesus ^(A)cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit.

³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “^[a]Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.” ^37 (A)But Jesus let out a loud cry, and ^[b]died. ^38 (B)And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ^39 (C)And when the centurion, who was standing ^[c]right in front of Him, saw that He ^[d]died in this way, he said, “Truly this man was ^[e]the Son of God!”

^40 (D)Now there were also some women watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of ^[f]James ^(E)the ^[g]Less and Joses, and ^(F)Salome. ⁴¹ When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and ^(G)serve Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^42 (H)When evening had already come, since it was ^(I)the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea came, a ^(J)prominent member of the Council, who was himself also ^(K)waiting for the kingdom of God; and he ^(L)gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Now Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead. ⁴⁵ And after learning this from ^(M)the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶ Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb which had been cut out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^47 (N)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where He was laid.

³⁶ The soldiers also ridiculed Him, coming up to Him, ^(A)offering Him sour wine,