Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachtani?
“And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 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?”
Mark 15:33-34
“To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? why art You so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You hear not; and in the night season, and am not silent. But You are Holy, O You that inhabits the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in You: they trusted, and You did deliver them. They cried unto You, and were delivered: they trusted in You, and were not confounded.”
Psalms 22:1-5
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachtani” are the first Hebrew lyrics of the 22nd Psalm of King David. This was the most powerful thing he could have said. Psalm 22 condemns the wicked and justifies the righteous which is exactly what Jesus came to do.
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