Lesson 5300

 (Lesson 5300)(08-10-26) Mark 15:33-39 

   “And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.” 

 

      Today’s quote relates that at noon; darkness covered the entire land for three hours. At three o'clock, Jesus cried out, asking why God had forsaken Him. Jesus then again cried out with a loud voice and surrendered to the death that took our sins to the grave. As Jesus had promised, the temple curtain was ripped in two from top to bottom. One of the Roman centurions standing nearby declared that truly Jesus is the Son of God. ~