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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: Then are you both saying that Christ was not separated from His Father? If He was separated from His Father, what does that entail? How did the separation take place? What was the link, is They were separated, that was broken? If God did forsake Him temporarily, what does this mean? What does it mean that God forsook Him if He didn't leave, vacate Christ? I've looked up the word 'forsaken' in my Vines, and it says that it is the strongest form of 'to leave, to abandon.' Any thoughts? |
Bible Answer: My friend I think first we must understand who Jesus Christ is. Second part of what we read in this account is a fulfillmen of Prophecy. All of what happens in this passage is the grand design of the Almight God. Mat 27:46 - My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Qee mou, qee mou, ina ti me egkatelipes). Matthew first transliterates the Aramaic, according to the Vatican manuscript (B), the words used by Jesus: El"i, el"i, lema sabachthanei; Some of the MSS. give the transliteration of these words from Psa_22:1 in the Hebrew (Eli, Eli, lama Zaphthanei). This is the only one of the seven sayings of Christ on the Cross given by Mark and Matthew. The other six occur in Luke and John. This is the only sentence of any length in Aramaic preserved in Matthew, though he has Aramaic words like amen, corban, mammon, pascha, raca, Satan, Golgotha. The so-called Gospel of Peter preserves this saying in a Docetic (Cerinthian) form: "My power, my power, thou hast forsaken me!" The Cerinthian Gnostics held that the aeon Christ came on the man Jesus at his baptism and left him here on the Cross so that only the man Jesus died. Nothing from Jesus so well illustrates the depth of his suffering of soul as he felt himself regarded as sin though sinless (2Co_5:21). Joh_3:16 comes to our relief here as we see the Son of God bearing the sin of the world. This cry of desolation comes at the close of the three hours of darkness. Because of the fact that Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. His sinless life, his hatred of sin and the fact of the GREAT BATTLE that was taking place at the cross between Jesus and Satan. Everything that was lost in the Garden of Eden, was regained by the Second Adam, Jesus Christ at Calvary. The veil was rent in twain and Mankind once again has Immeadiate access to God Almighty. By the Blood of Jesus Christ we can be set free. And he who the Son has Set free is free indeed. I hope this helps if not I will try todo a better job next time. Ezekiel |