The Death of Jesus

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Mat 27:45–56

45 Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?
47 And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.
48 And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.
49 And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.
50 And Jesus gave another loud cry, and gave up his spirit.
51 And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;
52 And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;
53 And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.
54 Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.
55 And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs.
56 Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

33 And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?
34 And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.
35 And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.
36 And Jesus gave a loud cry, and gave up his spirit.
37 And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.
38 And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.
39 And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,
40 Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
41 And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

44 The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.
45 And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.
46 And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.
47 And all the people who had come together to see it, when they saw the things which were done, went back again making signs of grief.
48 And all his friends and the women who came with him from Galilee, were waiting at a distance, watching these things.
49 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man

28 After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.
29 Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.
30 So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.