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| | The passersby railed at him, wagging their heads. They said, "Hey, You! You said You could destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. So save Yourself and come down from the cross!" In the same way the leading priests, in a mocking tone, said to themselves with the scribes, "He saved others, but can't save Himself. Let Christ the King of [[Israel]] come down now from the cross! Seeing is believing!" And the men being crucified with Him also insulted Him. | | The passersby railed at him, wagging their heads. They said, "Hey, You! You said You could destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. So save Yourself and come down from the cross!" In the same way the leading priests, in a mocking tone, said to themselves with the scribes, "He saved others, but can't save Himself. Let Christ the King of [[Israel]] come down now from the cross! Seeing is believing!" And the men being crucified with Him also insulted Him. |
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| − | When the sixth hour arrived, darkness fell over the whole country until the ninth hour. At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ''"Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?"'' (Translation: "My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me?") Some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, "Listen, he's calling [[Elijah]]." One of them ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, put it on a stick, and gave it to Him to drink. Others said, "Leave Him alone. Let's see whether Elijah will come to take Him down." Jesus shouted something with a loud voice, and breathed his last. Then the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. | + | When the sixth hour arrived, darkness fell over the whole country until the ninth hour. At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ''"Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?"'' (Translation: "My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me?") Some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, "Listen, he's calling [[Elijah]]." One of them ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, put it on a stick, and gave it to Him to drink. Others said, "Leave Him alone. Let's see whether Elijah will come to take Him down." Jesus shouted something with a loud voice, and breathed his last. Then the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. When the centurion, who stood next to Him, saw Him cry out and heave his death-sigh, he said, "Truly this Man was the Son of God." |
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| + | Some women were also watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome. These women had followed Him while He was in Galilee, and used to wait on Him. With them were many other women who had followed Him to Jerusalem. |
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| + | Now in the evening, because it was preparation time, i.e. the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable member of the council, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God, came forward, went in boldly to Pilate, and claimed the body of Jesus. Pilate was shocked to hear that He was already dead. He called the centurion to ask him whether He was dead already. When the centurion confirmed it, Pilate gave Joseph permission to take possession of the body. |
| − | |<span id="15:39"></span>And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
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| − | |When the centurion, who stood next to Him, saw Him cry out and heave his death-sigh, he said, "Truly this Man was the Son of God."
| + | Joseph then purchased a quality shroud, and carried Jesus off, wrapped Him in the shroud, and laid Him in a tomb cut out of rock, and rolled a stone to cover the entrance of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw the place where He was laid. |
| − | |Here and elsewhere, Mark uses the word '''κεντυριων''', which is "centurion" transliterated into Greek. Luke and the others always use the word '''εκατονταρχος''' (''hekatontarchos''), literally, "leader of a hundred."
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| − | |Some women were also watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome.
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| − | |This is ''not'' the little girl who asked for the head of [[John the Baptist]] on a plate! Josephus gives that little girl the name ''Salome'', as well.
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| − | |<span id="15:41"></span>(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |