42. ‘He saved others,’ they said, ‘but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
43. He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, “I am the Son of God.” ’
44. In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
45. From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.
46. About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ (which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’).
47. When some of those standing there heard this, they said, ‘He’s calling Elijah.’
48. Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink.