Matthew 27:45-47

Modern English Version

The Death of Jesus^(A)

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. ⁴⁶ About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”^[a]

⁴⁷ Some of those who stood there heard it and said, “This Man is calling for Elijah.”