⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).^{(A) 46} About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud [agonized] voice, ^[a]“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”^{(B) 47} When some of the bystanders there heard it, they began saying, “This man is calling for ^[b]Elijah.” ⁴⁸ Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, soaked it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.^{(C) 49} But the rest said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him [from death].” ⁵⁰ And Jesus cried out again with a loud [agonized] voice, and gave up His spirit [voluntarily, sovereignly dismissing and releasing His spirit from His body in submission to His Father’s plan].^{(D) 51} And [at once] the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was ^[c]torn in two from top to bottom; the earth shook and the rocks were split apart.^{(E) 52} The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God’s people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life]; ⁵³ and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people. ⁵⁴ Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, they were terribly frightened and filled with awe, and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

⁵⁵ There were also many women there looking on from a distance, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him. ⁵⁶ Among them was ^[d]Mary Magdalene, and ^[e]Mary the mother of ^[f]James and Joseph, and [Salome] the ^[g]mother of Zebedee’s sons [James and John].

⁴⁴ It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),^{(A) 45} because the sun was ^[a]obscured; and the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was ^[b]torn in two [from top to bottom].^{(B) 46} And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit!” Having said this, He breathed His last.^{(C) 47} Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he began praising and honoring God, saying, “Certainly this Man was innocent.” ⁴⁸ All the crowds who had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had happened, began to return [to their homes], beating their breasts [as a sign of mourning or repentance]. ⁴⁹ And all His acquaintances and the women who had accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, watching these things.