Popular Bible Verses from The Gospel of Matthew 27

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About the middle of the afternoon Jesus shouted out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani!”—which means, “My God, my God, why did you abandon me?”

At that instant the Temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks were split, and the tombs burst open. Many bodies of the sleeping holy ones were raised.

But Jesus shouted out loudly one more time, and then breathed his last gasp.

When the centurion and the others with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that happened, they were scared out of their wits. “He really was God’s son!” they said.

From noon until mid-afternoon there was darkness over the whole land.

“So what shall I do with Jesus the so-called Messiah?” asked Pilate. “Let him be crucified!” they all said. “Why?” asked Pilate. “What’s he done wrong?” But they shouted all the louder, “Let him be crucified!”