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Matthew 27:46

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Around the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" — that is: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

The cry is preserved in Aramaic before being translated into Greek — *ἐγκατέλιπες* (enkatelipes) means "you forsook" or "you abandoned," and is translated here as "forsaken" to retain its full weight of desolation. The distinction between Jesus and his God is absolute here: Jesus addresses the Father directly as "my God" (*Θεέ μου*), twice, making the sender/sent relationship and the separateness of the two persons unmistakable at the moment of greatest crisis.

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About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

And about three, Jesus called out loudly, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?”

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