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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 27, Verse 42

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41
Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,
King James Version
He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
American Standard Version
He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.
New English Translation
Jesus’ Death Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.
World English Bible
"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
43
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, ‹Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?› that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias.
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And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled [it] with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink.
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The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
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Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,