33 About noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until around three o’clock. 34 Ps 22.1.Then about that time Jesusshouted, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?"15.34 Eloi … sabachthani: These words are in Aramaic, a language spoken in Palestine during the time of Jesus.which means, "My God, my God, why have you deserted me?"
35 Some of the people standing there heard Jesus and said, "He is calling for Elijah."15.35 Elijah: The name "Elijah" sounds something like "Eloi," which means "my God."36 Ps 69.21.One of them ran and grabbed a sponge. After he had soaked it in wine, he put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. He said, "Let’s wait and see if Elijahwill come15.36 see if Elijah will come: See the note at 6.15.and take him down!" 37 Jesusshouted and then died.
38 Ex 26.31-33.At once the curtain in the temple15.38 curtain in the temple: There were two curtains in the temple. One was at the entrance, and the other separated the holy place from the most holy place that the Jewish people thought of as God’s home on earth. The second curtain is probably the one which is meant.tore in two from top to bottom.
39 A Roman army officer was standing in front of Jesus. When the officer saw how Jesus died, he said, "This man really was the Son of God!"
40,41 Lk 8.2,3.Some women were looking on from a distance. They and many others had come with Jesus to Jerusalem. But even before this they had been his followers and had helped him while he was in Galilee. Mary Magdaleneand Marythe mother of the younger Jamesand of Josephwere two of these women. Salomewas also one of them.
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Elijah the Tishbite, a prophet in Israel in the days of Ahab, confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11).
Elijah the Tishbite, a prophet in Israel in the days of Ahab, confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Galilee is the land of Nazareth and Cana, from where Jesus came to be baptized by John in the Jordan and from where crowds and women followed him (Mark 1:9).
Mary Magdalene, from whom Jesus cast out seven demons, followed him with other women, was by the cross, and was the first to see the risen Jesus (Mark 16:9).
Mary Magdalene, from whom Jesus cast out seven demons, followed him with other women, was by the cross, and was the first to see the risen Jesus (Mark 16:9).