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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 27, Verse 47

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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?
King James Version
Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias.
American Standard Version
And some of them stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.
New English Translation
Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.
World English Bible
Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."
48
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.
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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;
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And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
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And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
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Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
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And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
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Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
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When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: