Popular Bible Verses from MAT 27

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At approximately three o'clock in the afternoon, Jesus cried out with a loud voice in Aramaic, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"

At that very moment, the thick curtain of the temple that separated the Holy of Holies from the rest of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom by an unseen hand—signifying that the way into God's presence was now open to all. The earth shook violently, and the rocks were split apart by the earthquake. The tombs were also opened by the earthquake, and many bodies of the saints—believers who had died in faith—were raised from death.

Then Jesus cried out once more with a loud voice and voluntarily yielded up His spirit.

Now the Roman centurion and those soldiers who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, witnessed the earthquake and all the extraordinary things that happened. They were filled with great fear and awe, saying, "Truly, this was God's Son! This man was righteous and divine."

From the sixth hour (noon) until the ninth hour (three o’clock in the afternoon), a supernatural darkness came over the whole land.

Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do with Jesus, the One who is called Christ?" They all shouted together, "Let Him be crucified!" Pilate asked, "Why? What evil has He done? What crime has He committed?" But they kept crying out with even greater intensity and volume, "Let Him be crucified!"