30. Now come down from the cross and save yourself!”
31. In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the Law jeered at Jesus, saying to each other, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!
32. Let us see the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him!”And the two who were crucified with Jesus insulted him also.
33. At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours.
34. At three o'clock Jesus cried 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. One 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 Elijah is coming to bring him down from the cross!”