Matthew 27:46
At about three o'clock Jesus shouted out loud, “ Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
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45From noon until three o'clock darkness covered the whole country.
47When some of those standing there heard it, they said, “He's calling for Elijah!”
Cross References
Psalms 71:11They say, “God has given up on him. Let's go after him because there's no one to save him.”
Lamentations 1:12Don't you care anything about it, all you people passing by? Take a look and see! Is there any suffering as bad as mine, punished by the Lord when he became angry?
Luke 23:46Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, I place myself in your hands.” Having said this he breathed his last.
Hebrews 5:7Jesus, while he was here in human form, prayed and appealed with loud cries and tears to God, the one who was able to save him from death. Jesus was heard because of his respect for God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:34-50
The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS… Read the whole commentary →