King James 2000

Matthew 27:42-51 King James 2000 (KJ2000)

42. He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

43. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

44. The thieves also, who were crucified with him, reviled him the same way.

45. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

46. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,

47. Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elijah.

48. And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

49. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.

50. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up his spirit.

51. And, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks were split;