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NASB | Mark 15:34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" which is translated, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?"--which is translated, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" [Ps 22:1] |
Bible Question: At the Crucification the men said He saved others but himself He cannot save. Would things had of been change had He come down from the cross? Would they had of believed? |
Bible Answer: Mark 15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Notice that In this passage Jesus says My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And much has been said about this, "did the Father really forsake him.. etc" But I believe that Jesus was declaring by this, not that the Father had forsaken him but that he was in the midst of the psalm that starts with these words. Psalms 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ...7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him....16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.....18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. You see all that was spoken of a suffering messiah in Psalms 22 was being fulfilled right before their eyes. Even their mocking words were prophesied. Now you would think that there was at least one religious leader among them that had enough knowledge of the word to notice the similiarities between what he was witnessing and Psalms 22, especially when they cast lots for his clothes. And so that their would be no doubt that all this was mere coincidence we have Jesus Crying out the words My God My God why has thou forsaken me. Would they have acted differently if he came off the cross? Why would they if, their very mocking words were recorded centuries in advance, and they were to blind to see it? Would they stop being blind if he came down? Well we know the answer. Not only would they be no different if he came down then, they did not change after over 500 witnesses testified to his resurrection. No wicked men will be blind because they are wicked. Blindness comes upon a man because of his rejection of truth and that rejection and rebellion is not interested in what is true, but only what allows them to continue in their sins unopposed. But there is coming a day when all the haughty tongue waggers will be stopped and this is the day Enoch prophesied of when he said. "Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him." |