Matthew 27:46

New English Translation

At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Cross References

Psalm 22:1

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

Psalm 71:11

They say, “God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”

Isaiah 53:10

Though the Lord desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the Lord’s purpose will be accomplished through him.

Lamentations 1:12

Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger. מ (Mem)

Matthew 27:47

When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.”

Mark 15:34

Around three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Luke 23:46

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And after he said this he breathed his last.

Hebrews 5:7

During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.