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Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani

The Hebrew form, as Eloi, Eloi, etc., is the Syro-Chaldaic (the common language in use by the Jews in the time of Christ) of the first words of the twenty-second Psalm; they mean “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

In the Bible

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Verses where Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Matthew 27:46

    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?”

Scripture on Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani

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Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani references

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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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