45 Now from the sixth hour there ■was darkness over all the land iinto the ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sahachthaui ? that'^is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou for- saken me ?
47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
49 The rest said, Let he, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the tem- ple was rent in twain from the top to
the bottom • and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the eartliquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
55 And many women were there beholding afar ofi", wliich followed Jesus from Gahlee, ministering unto him:
56 Among which was Mary Mag- dalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebe- dee's children.
In these verses we read the conclusion of our Lord Jesus Christ's passion. After six hours of agonizing suffering, He became obedient even unto death, and " yielded up the ghost." Three points in the narrative demand a sj^ecial notice. To them let us confine our attention.
Let us observe, in the first place, the remarkable words ivhich Jesus uttered sJiortly before His death , " My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ?"
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