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Mattityahu 27:32-66

Mattityahu 27:32-66 TOJB2011

And as they were coming out, they found a man from Cyrene named Shim'on, whom they pressed into service to bear Moshiachʼs Etz. And when they had come to a place called Gulgolta, which means place of a skull, They gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. And, after tasting it, he was unwilling to drink. When they had hanged Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach on HAETZ, they divided up Moshiachʼs garments among themselves, casting lots; And, sitting down, they began to keep watch over him there. They put up above his head the charge against him which read, THIS IS YEHOSHUA, MELECH HAYEHUDIM. At that time, two shodedim were each hanged on his own etz with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, one on the right and one on the left. And those passing by were hurling insults at Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, wagging their heads, And saying, You who are going to cause the churban (destruction) of the Beis Hamikdash and rebuild it in shloshah yamim (three days), save yourself! If you are the Ben HaElohim, come down from HAETZ (the Tree). Likewise, also the Rashei Hakohanim along with the Sofrim and Zekenim, were mocking him, and saying, He saved others; yet himself he is not able to save. He is Melech Yisroel? Let him now come down from the Etz, and we shall have emunah in him. He trusts in HASHEM; let HASHEM be his Moshi'a (Deliverer) and deliver him now, if HASHEM takes pleasure in him, for this one said, Ben HaElohim Ani! And the shodedim (robbers), hanging, each on his etz, with him, were casting similar insults at Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, reproaching him. Now, from the sixth hour, choshech fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach cried out with a kol gadol, saying Eli, Eli, lemah sabachthani! (that is, My G-d, my G-d, why hast thou forsaken me? Ps 22:2 [1]). And some of those who were standing there, when they heard, began saying, This one calls for Eliyahu HaNavi. And immediately one of them ran and, taking a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed and gave him a drink. But the rest of them said, Wait. We will see whether Eliyahu HaNavi will come to save him. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach cried out again with a loud voice, and dismissed his ruach. And hinei! The parochet of the Beis Hamikdash was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook; and the rocks were split, And the kevarim (graves) were opened, and many gufot (bodies) of the kedoshim who had fallen asleep were made to stand up alive. And coming out of the kevarim after the Techiyas HaMoshiach, they entered the Ir Hakodesh (Holy City) and appeared to many. Now when the centurion, and those who were with him keeping shomer (guard) over Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, they became very frightened and said, Truly this was the Ben HaElohim. And many nashim were there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach from the Galil and had ministered to him. Among them was Miryam of Magdala, Miryam the Em of Ya'akov and Yosef, and the Em of Zavdaiʼs sons. And when it was erev, there came an oisher (rich man) from Ramatayim named Yosef who himself had also become a talmid of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. This man went to Pilate and asked for the gufat Yehoshua. Then Pilate ordered it to be given over to Yosef. And Yosef took the gufat Yehoshua, and wrapped it in the tachrichim, and laid it in Yosefʼs own new kever, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the kever (tomb) and went away. And Miryam of Magdala, and the other Miryam, stayed there, sitting opposite the kever. Now on the next day, which is the one after the Preparation, the Rashei Hakohanim and the Perushim gathered together with Pilate and said, Sir, we remember that when he was still alive that mateh (deceiver) said, After shloshah yamim I am to stand up alive. Therefore, give orders for the kever to be made secure until the Yom HaShlishi (the Third Day), lest his talmidim come and steal him away and say to the people, He has stood up alive from the mesim. And the last deception will be worse than the first. Pilate said to them, You have a guard, go make the kever as secure as you know how. And they went and made the kever secure, and, along with the guard, they set a seal on the stone.

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