Matthew 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
45And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land, until the ninth hour.
47Some of those standing there, when they heard this, said, This man is calling for Elijah.
Cross References
Psalms 71:11“God,” say they, “hath forsaken him; Pursue and seize him; for he hath none to deliver him!”
Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow, which is brought upon me, With which Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger!
Luke 23:46And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit! And having said this, he expired.
Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard by reason of his godly reverence,
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 →