Berean Standard Bible
46About 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?”
The Wooden Pole
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.
Berean Standard Bible
46About 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?”
King James Version
46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Goodspeed New Testament
46And 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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Berean Standard Bible
Goodspeed New Testament
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?”
Berean Standard Bible
Goodspeed New Testament
King James Version
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?”
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
SBL
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περὶ about περί perí from the base of G4008 (πέραν); properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various δὲ and δέ dé a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc. also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in Eng τὴν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, ἐνάτην ninth ἔννατος énnatos ordinal from G1767 (ἐννέα); ninth ninth ὥραν hour ὥρα hṓra apparently a primary word; an hour (literally or figuratively) day, hour, instant, season, X short, (even-)tide, (high) ⸀ ἀνεβόησεν shout upwards ἀναβοάω anaboáō from G303 (ἀνά) and G994 (βοάω); to halloo cry (aloud, out) ὁ the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, Ἰησοῦς Jesus Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs of Hebrew origin (H03091); Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites Jesus φωνῇ voice φωνή phōnḗ probably akin to G5316 (φαίνω) through the idea of disclosure; a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implicatio μεγάλῃ large μέγας mégas (including the prolonged forms, feminine , plural , etc.; compare also G3176 (μέγιστος), G3187 (μείζων)); big (literally λέγων say λέγω légō a primary verb; properly, to lay forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; wh · ⸂ Ἠλὶ Eli ἠλί ēlí of Hebrew origin (H0410 with pronominal suffix); my God Eli ἠλὶ Eli ἠλί ēlí of Hebrew origin (H0410 with pronominal suffix); my God Eli λεμὰ σαβαχθάνι thou hast forsaken me σαβαχθάνι sabachtháni of Chaldee or (H07662 with pronominal suffix); thou hast left me; sabachthani (i.e. shebakthani), a cry of distress saba ; τοῦτʼ this οὗτος hoûtos from the article G3588 (ὁ) and G846 (αὐτός); the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated) he (it ἔστιν is εἰμί eimí the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when · Θεέ God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go μου I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me θεέ God θεός theós a deity, especially (with G3588 (ὁ)) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very X exceeding, Go μου I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me , ἱνατί με I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me ἐγκατέλιπες desert ἐγκαταλείπω enkataleípō from G1722 (ἐν) and G2641 (καταλείπω); to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a b ;
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?”
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