Eloi, Eloi.—Here, again, the form which St. Mark gives is a closer reproduction of the very sounds of the Aramaic form of…

There was darkness over the whole land until this ninth hour.

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi…

The Venerable Bede: This most glorious light withdrew its rays from the world, so that it would not see the Lord hanging, and s…

This is the only one of Jesus’ seven words from the cross Mark records (probably spoken in Hebrew). The meaning of the cry of agony “My God, my God…

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice
(See Gill on Matthew 27:46);

There was a thick darkness over the land, from noon until three in the afternoon. The Jews were doing their utmost to extinguish the Sun of Righteo…