34. Around three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
35. When some of the bystanders heard it they said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah!”
36. Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”
37. But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last.
38. And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.
39. Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”
40. There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
41. When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.
42. Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
43. Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.