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29. Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
30. save yourself by coming down from the cross.”
31. Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes, mocked him among themselves and said, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.
32. Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also kept abusing him.
33. At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
34. And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
35. Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “Look, he is calling Elijah.”
36. One of them ran, soaked a sponge with wine, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.”
37. Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.