Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?

Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? (ē'lī, lā'mu sābăk'thunī; ā'lē, lä'mä säbäkh'thänē) [key]or Eloi, Eloi, lama sabach-thani? (ē'loi; ā'loi) [key][Eli, Eloi: Heb. or Aramaic,=Lord; lama sabachthani?: Aramaic,=why hast thou forsaken me?], in the New Testament, words of Jesus on the cross. The Greek text retains and translates the original, which is seemingly a quotation of Psalm 22.

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