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Jesus Dies on the Cross(A)

45 From noon[a] on, darkness came over the whole land[b] until three in the afternoon.[c] 46 About three o’clock,[d] Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eli, eli,[e] lema sabachthani?”,[f] which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”[g]

47 When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling for Elijah.”[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:45 Lit. the sixth hour
  2. Matthew 27:45 Or earth
  3. Matthew 27:45 Lit. the ninth hour
  4. Matthew 27:46 Lit. the ninth hour
  5. Matthew 27:46 Eli, eli are Gk. transliterations for the Heb. My God, my God in Ps 22:1
  6. 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?
  7. Matthew 27:46 Cf. Ps 22:1
  8. Matthew 27:47 Elijah in Heb. sounds like Eli