Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 15:34

"And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" — Mark 15:34 (ASV)

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?

It is, "My El, my strong God, my mighty One, why have you forsaken me?" – the bitterest words that were ever uttered by mortal lips, and expressing the quintessence of agony. It is a profound sorrow that my Savior should ever have had to say as much as this when he hung upon the cross, suffering and dying for me.

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 have you forsaken me?

There was a denser darkness over his spirit than was over all the land, and out of that darkness came this cry of agony.