Matthew 27:45-54

45Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).

46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud [agonized] voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

47When some of the bystanders there heard it, they began saying, “This man is calling for Elijah.”

48Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, soaked it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.

49But the rest said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him [from death].”

50And Jesus cried out again with a loud [agonized] voice, and gave up His spirit [voluntarily, sovereignly dismissing and releasing His spirit from His body in submission to His Father’s plan].

51And [at once] the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; the earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

52The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God’s people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life];

53and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people.

54Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, they were terribly frightened and filled with awe, and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”