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About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
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The Agony of Atonement
Commentators agree this was the climax of Christ's suffering. More than the physical torture, Jesus experienced the spiritual agony of bearing the sins of the world. As our substitute, He felt the full weight of God's wrath against sin, leading to this cry of profound relational separation from the Father.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Eli, Eli, etc. This language is not pure Hebrew, nor Syriac, but a mixture of both, commonly called Syro-Chaldaic. This was proba…
My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Θεε μου, θεε μου, ινα τ με εγκατελιπεσ; ). Matthew first transliterates the Aramaic, a…
19th Century
Anglican
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani—This cry is recorded only by Matthew and Mark. The very syllables and tones remained in the memory of t…
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Baptist
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, sayin…
In what language did Jesus utter his cry of desolation, taken from Ps 22:1? It was most likely in Aramaic; and at least some of the variants (cf. N…
16th Century
Protestant
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried.
Though in the cry which Christ uttered a power more than human was manifested, it wa…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And about the ninth hour Or three o'clock in the afternoon, which was about the time of the slaying and offering of the d…
During the three hours that the darkness continued, Jesus was in agony, wrestling with the powers of darkness and suffering His Father's displeasur…
13th Century
Catholic
After relating His condemnation, His Passion and death are treated here; and secondly, His burial is treated, where it is said, And whe…
