27. Kwabethelwa kanye naye abaphangi ababili, omunye ngakwesokunene nomunye ngakwesokhohlo sakhe.
28. Kwase kugcwaliseka umbhalo othi: “Wabalwa kanye naboni.”
29. Abadlulayo bamhlambalaza benikina amakhanda abo, bathi: “Eya wena odiliza ithempeli, ubuye ulakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu;
30. zisindise, wehle esiphambanweni.”
31. Kanjalo nabapristi abakhulu bambhinqa bebodwa kanye nababhali, bathi: “Wasindisa abanye, angezisindise yena.
32. UKristu, iNkosi yakwa-Israyeli, makehle manje esiphambanweni, ukuze sibone, sikholwe.” Nababebethelwe kanye naye bamdumaza.
33. Sekufikile ihora lesithupha kwaba mnyama emhlabeni wonke, kwaze kwaba yihora lesishiyagalolunye.
34. Ngehora lesishiyagalolunye uJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabaktani?” okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa: “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na?”
35. Abanye kwababemi khona bekuzwa bathi: “Bheka, ubiza u-Eliya.”
36. Wayesegijima omunye, wagcwalisa ilula ngoviniga, walichoma emhlangeni, wamphuzisa, wathi: “Yekani, sibone uma u-Eliya eza ukumehlisa.”
37. UJesu wayesememeza ngezwi elikhulu, wafa.
38. Khona isihenqo sethempeli sadabuka kabili, kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi.
39. Kepha induna yekhulu eyayimi maqondana naye imbona efa ngokunjalo, yathi: “Nempela lo muntu ube yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
40. Kwakukhona nabesifazane bebukela, bekude; phakathi kwabo kwakukhona noMariya Magdalena, noMariya unina kaJakobe omncane nokaJose, kanye noSalome
41. ababemlandela eseseGalile, bemkhonza, nabanye abesifazane abaningi abenyukela naye eJerusalema.
42. Kwathi ukuba kuhlwe, ngokuba kwakulusuku lokulungisela okungukuthi olwandulela isabatha,