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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:
Dear Ezekiel, thanks for your reply but despite it, my question was still not answered. I'd like to know why Jesus said this. I agree that it was a fulfillment of the verse in Psalms, but, by its very nature, a fulfillment is a literal in-time occurence of something that is foretold before-hand. In other words, if a prophecy is fulfilled, then it happens just as it was prophesied. So, what is the meaning behind the prophecy? To just state that Christ was fulfilling prophecy in and of itself is circular reasoning. I.e. It was foretold throughout the OT that Messiah would suffer and die. Isaiah 53 is an excellent passage that Christ fulfilled. But Christ did not fulfill Isaiah 53 just to fulfill Isaiah 53. He died to provide reconciliation and forgiveness of sins. So, although I agree that He fulfilled the 'forsaken' prophecy, what actually happened when God forsook Him? That is my question. |
Bible Answer: It was on the cross that Jesus took sin upon himself. (Note the singular - Jesus dealt with sin itself, not just individual sins). Because he had become the scapegoat, God had to turn his face away. We can't really contemplate how Jesus, having lived his entire life according to his Father's will in constant communion with him, felt when God turned his face away; we can see or understand most of the suffering in terms of the hurt of friends betraying and denying you, the false accusations, the physical pain, the mockery, seeing the tears of your mother as she sees her firstborn son, promised by God, crucified before her eyes, but the turning of God's face away is not something that we, as Christians, will ever experience. God turned his face away from Jesus so that he would never have to turn it away from us. |