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For those disciples who witnessed the death of their Teacher and Master, His agonized cry, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” hung heavy on their hearts. Not yet understanding the significance of what they had seen and heard, they grieved their own loss, as well as their separation from Jesus.
During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lemasabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"). (Matthew 27:46)
“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”— Matthew xxvii. 46. “THERE was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour”: this cry came out of that darkness.
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Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say (that is), My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken (ἐγκατέλιπες, didst thou forsake) me? This is the only one of our Lord's seven sayings from the cross recorded by St. Matthew and St. Mark. The other evangelists do not mention it at all.
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The Gospel writers recorded seven specific sayings by Jesus during His time on the cross. They include: 1. "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?": Matthew 27:46 includes this Aramaic expression that means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
