Mark 15:34

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then at three o’clock Jesus shouted in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama, sabachthani” [Note: These words were in the commonly spoken Aramaic language], which being interpreted, means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Cross References

Matthew 27:45

Now from noon until three o’clock in the afternoon there was darkness over all the land.

Matthew 27:46

Then about three in the afternoon Jesus called out in a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama, sabachthani [Note: These words were spoken in the commonly used Aramaic language], which mean, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Mark 15:25

It was nine o’clock in the morning and they crucified Him. [Note: John 19:14 indicates that the crucifixion took place about noon. This can be harmonized if we take Mark’s account to mean when the entire process began].

Mark 15:35

And when some of those standing there heard this, they said, “Look, he is calling for Elijah.”

Luke 23:44

Now when it was about twelve o’clock noon, darkness came over all the land until three o’clock in the afternoon, for

Luke 23:46

Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, I commit my spirit into your hands.” And after He said this, He gave up His spirit [i.e., to God in death].

Acts 10:3

About three o’clock one afternoon [Note: This is based on Jewish time calculations; if Roman time were employed, it would have been 9 AM], while he was wide awake, he had a vision in which an angel of God came to him [and spoke his name] “Cornelius.”

Hebrews 5:7

During His life on earth Jesus offered up prayers and special requests with loud crying and tears to God, who was able to save Him from dying, and He was heard because of His [earnest] devotion [to God].