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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] |
Subject: "why have you forsaken me?" |
Bible Note: Actually "My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me?" is the opening verse of Psalm 22:1 (NASB) 1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. That Psalm written by David is a vivid picture of the crucifixion and eventual victory over the enemy. David in dire distress when he wrote it felt as though God had forsaken him, yet we know God has promised never to leave nor forsake us. Many say God must turn away from sin but yet we know it is when we are most mired in sin that God extends His hand of mercy and grace to pull us from the mire of sin. I believe Jesus was quoting this verse for two reasons, first He was in agony of death and being fully human as well as fully God was letting forth a cry. But more importantly Jesus knew the Jews loved the prophet David and that they would instantly know the Psalm this first verse started. I believed Jesus in His love and even at the point of death of giving those that would, one more testimony of who he was. Read the Psalm you can picture Christ on the cross as you do. Now think about someone standing there witnessing the actual event and having Jesus call to their memory a Psalm written by the prophet hundreds of years earlier that prophetized this exact event. God didn't forsake Jesus just as God will never forsake us. |