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Matthew 27:43-53 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

43. He trusted in God; so now, let God free him, if he wills him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.' "

44. Then, the robbers who were crucified with him also reproached him with the very same thing.

45. Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the entire earth, even until the ninth hour.

46. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: "Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"

47. Then certain ones who were standing and listening there said, "This man calls upon Elijah."

48. And one of them, running quickly, took a sponge and filled it with vinegar, and he set it on a reed and he gave it to him to drink.

49. Yet truly, the others said, "Wait. Let us see whether Elijah will come to free him."

50. Then Jesus, crying out again with a loud voice, gave up his life.

51. And behold, the veil of the temple was torn into two parts, from top to bottom. And the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split apart.

52. And the tombs were opened. And many bodies of the saints, which had been sleeping, arose.

53. And going out from the tombs, after his resurrection, they went into the holy city, and they appeared to many.

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