"That afternoon, the whoel earth was covered with darkness for three hours, from noon until three o'clock.

"About three o'clock, Jesus shouted, 'Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?' which means 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'

"Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for Elijah. One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine and put it on a stick and held it up to him to drink. But the rest said, 'Leave him alone. Let's see whether Elijah will come and save him.'

"Then Jesus shouted out again, dismissed his spirit, and died.

"And look! The curtain secluding the Holiest place in the Temple was split apart from to top to bottom; and the earth shook, and rocks broke, and tombs opened, and many godly men and women who had died came back to life again. After Jesus; resurrection, they left the cemetery and went into Jerusalem, and appeared to many people there.

"The soldiers at the crucifixion and their sergeant were terribly frightened by the earthquake and all that happeed. They exclaimed, 'Surely this was God's Son."