33 At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours. 34 Ps 22.1At three o’clock Jesuscried out with a loud shout, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why did you abandon me?"
35 Some of the people there heard him and said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!" 36 Ps 69.21One of them ran up with a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, and put it on the end of a stick. Then he held it up to Jesus' lips and said, "Wait! Let us see if Elijahis coming to bring him down from the cross!"
37 With a loud cry Jesusdied.
38 Ex 26.31-33The curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 The army officer who was standing there in front of the cross saw how Jesus had died.15.39: had died; some manuscripts have had cried out and died."This man was really the Son of God!" he said.
40 Lk 8.2,3Some women were there, looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Marythe mother of the younger Jamesand of Joseph, and Salome. 41 They had followed Jesus while he was in Galileeand had helped him. Many other women who had come to Jerusalemwith him were there also.
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).
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).
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).
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).