Lesson 5207

 (Lesson 5207)(05-08-26) Matthew 27:45-53 

   “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. 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. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.” 

 

   Today’s quote describes the events that occurred as Jesus died on the cross: as darkness covered the land during the final hours of the crucifixion, Jesus cried out to God before yielding up the ghost, surrendering His life for the sins of the world. The quote describes the miraculous rending of the temple veil as an earthquake split the ground, opening graves from which bodies of the saints arose and appeared in Jerusalem. ~