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43 He trusted in God; now let God deliver him if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” 44 The thieves who were crucified with him also taunted him in the same way.

45 Jesus Dies on the Cross.[a] Beginning at midday, there was darkness over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:45 Everything proclaims that the Son of God, dying on the cross, is triumphant over the forces of the world and of death; the old covenant is finished, and the time is coming when the kingdom will be open to all human beings (see Heb 9:12; 10:20; Ezek 37; Dan 12:2; Rev 21).

43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him(A) now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

The Death of Jesus(B)

45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness(C) came over all the land.

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