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Matthew 27:45–53

Matthew 27:45–533 matched frames1 pivot

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  • A 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
    • B 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?
      • C 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
        • D 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.
      • C' 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
    • B' 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
  • A' 51-53 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; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
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