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Matthew 27:44-46
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Matthew 27:44-46
International Standard Version
44 In a similar way, the bandits[a] who were being crucified with him kept insulting him.
Jesus Dies on the Cross(A)
45 From noon[b] on, darkness came over the whole land[c] until three in the afternoon.[d] 46 About three o’clock,[e] Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eli, eli,[f] lema sabachthani?”,[g] which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”[h]
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- Matthew 27:44 Or revolutionaries
- Matthew 27:45 Lit. the sixth hour
- Matthew 27:45 Or earth
- Matthew 27:45 Lit. the ninth hour
- Matthew 27:46 Lit. the ninth hour
- Matthew 27:46 Eli, eli are Gk. transliterations for the Heb. My God, my God in Ps 22:1
- Matthew 27:46 lema sabachthani is a Gk. transliteration for the Aram. rendering of the Heb. in Ps 22:1, which means Why have you forsaken me?
- Matthew 27:46 Cf. Ps 22:1
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