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NASB | Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud [agonized] voice, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" [Ps 22:1] |
Bible Question:
Ed, To tie this note and another very recently you mention: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" (Matthew 27:46) is a referral back to Psalm 22. Psalm 22 portrays the suffering Messiah the Jews refused to see. Jesus was once more in compassion (grace) giving one last teaching on who He was. He was saying, "guys can't you see this is exactly what the Psalmist and prophets have been talking about?" I have never heard this before--quoting Ps 22 to show who He was. Could you (or anyone) flesh out this idea a bit more? I have only heard teaching relating his becoming sin for us and the Father having to turn away. Steve |
Bible Answer: Hi Steve, The comparison is a contrast because David would say in Psalm 22:6, "But I am a worm, and not a man." And we know that Jesus was his King, so you have to keep the capitalization in mind. I'll put in parentheses for comparison. Psalm 22:1, "My [my] (God), my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. O my God, I cry by day, but Thou dost not answer; and by night, but I have no rest. Yet Thou art holy, O Thou/ who art enthroned upon the praises of Israel. In Thee our fathers trusted; They trusted, and Thou didst deliver them. To (Thee) they cried out, and were delivered; In Thee they trusted, and were not disappointed." Matthew 27:42, "(He) saved others; can He not save Himself?" Matthew 27:43, "He trusts in God; Let (Him) deliver Him now if He takes pleasure in Him; for He said, 'I am the Son/of God." And the robbers also who had been crucified with Him were casting the same insult at (Him). Mark 15:31, "In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking (Him) among themselves and saying, "He saved others; He cannot save Himself." Matthew 27:46, "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "My (God), My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"...and yielded up (His) spirit." ***Jesus had been mocked, "Hail, (King) of the Jews!", Matthew 27:29 and the charge written "THIS IS JESUS THE (KING)OF THE JEWS. Mark 15:39, "And when the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way (He) breathed His last, he said, "Truly this *Man was the Son of God." Luke 23:46, "And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, Into Thy/ hands I commit My spirit." And having said this, (He) breathed His last. Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began praising God, saying, "Certainly this *Man was innocent." Luke 23:38, "Now there was also an inscription above Him, "THIS IS THE (KING)OF THE JEWS."...41 but this *Man/ has done nothing wrong." Psalm 22:5, "To (Thee) they cried out, and were delivered; Psalm 22:10, "Upon (Thee) I was cast from birth; Thou hast been my God from my mother's womb. Psalm 22:22, "In the midst of the assembly I will praise (Thee). Psalm 22:24, "But when he cried to Him for help, (He) heard." Luke 23:34, "But Jesus was saying, "(Father), forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." From the heart, Ray |