At the ninth hour Creator Sets Free (Jesus), speaking in his own language, cried out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”—which means, “O Great Spirit, my Creator, why have you left me alone?”
It was now midday, for the sun had reached the center of the sky. A great shadow of darkness covered the land like a blanket, and the sky remained dark until midafternoon.
