rkjnt - Matthew:27:45-56

rkjnt@Matthew:27:45 @ Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

rkjnt@Matthew:27:46 @ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

rkjnt@Matthew:27:47 @ Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elijah.

rkjnt@Matthew:27:48 @ And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.

rkjnt@Matthew:27:49 @ The rest said, Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.

rkjnt@Matthew:27:50 @ Jesus, when he had cried out again with a loud voice, yielded up the spirit.

rkjnt@Matthew:27:51 @ And, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split;

rkjnt@Matthew:27:52 @ And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who slept arose,

rkjnt@Matthew:27:53 @ And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

rkjnt@Matthew:27:54 @ Now when the centurion, and those who 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.

rkjnt@Matthew:27:55 @ And many women were there, beholding from afar. They had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him.

rkjnt@Matthew:27:56 @ Among them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.