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Christ's Ultimate Suffering
All commentators agree this verse is a direct prophecy of Jesus' cry from the cross. They explain that this feeling of being 'forsaken' was the climax of His suffering. It was not a separation from God the Father in essence, but a withdrawal of God's felt presence as Jesus bore the full penalty for human sin. This spiritual agony was far greater than the physical pain of crucifixion.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 22:1
18th Century
Theologian
My God, my God - These are the very words uttered by the Savior when on the cross (Matthew 27:46); and he evidently use…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 22:1
19th Century
Bishop
My God, my God. —Hebrew, Eli, Eli, lama azavtanî, where the Targum paraphrases sabbacthani, the form used by our…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 22:1
19th Century
Preacher
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me! why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
That was the very …
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John Calvin
On Psalms 22:1
16th Century
Theologian
My God! The first verse contains two remarkable sentences, which, although apparently contrary to each other, yet continually enter into t…
John Gill
On Psalms 22:1
17th Century
Pastor
My God, my God
God is the God of Christ as he is man; he prepared a body for him, an human nature; anointed it wit…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 22:1–10
17th Century
Minister
The Spirit of Christ, who was in the prophets, testifies clearly and fully in this psalm to the sufferings of Christ and the glory that would follo…