The Skeptics Annotated Bible (796 page)

(15.34)
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
349 Is Jesus God?

35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.

36 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.

37 And
Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

38
And the veil of the temple was rent
in twain from the top to the bottom.

(15.37-38)
“Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent.”
398 When did the Temple curtain rip?

39 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.

(15.39)
“The centurion … said, Truly this man was the Son of God.”
399 What did the Centurion call Jesus when he died?

40
There were also women looking on afar off
: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

(15.40)
“There were also women looking on afar off.”
400 From where were the women watching?

41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

(15.43-46)
“Joseph of Arimathaea … took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre.
”
401 Who buried Jesus?

43
Joseph of Arimathaea
, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

44 And
Pilate marvelled if he were already dead
: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

(15.44)
“Pilate marvelled if he were already dead.”
Maybe he wasn’t!

45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

46 And he bought fine linen, and
took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre
which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

16
And when the sabbath was past,
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome
, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

(16.1)
“Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome”
402 How many women came to the sepulchre?

2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week,
they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun
.

(16.2)
“They came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.”
403 When did the women (or woman) arrive?

3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

4 And
when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away
: for it was very great.

(16.4)
“When they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away.”
405 Was the tomb opened or closed when the women arrived?

5 And
entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting
on the right side,
clothed in
a long
white
garment; and they were affrighted.

(16.5)
“Entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting … clothed in … white.”
406 Was the young man (men or angels) inside or outside?
426 Was the man (men, angel or angels) sitting or standing?
404 Whom did the women see?