Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?

Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? (ēˈlĪ, lāˈmə sābăkˈthənĪ; āˈlē, läˈmä säbäkhˈthänē) [key] or Eloi, Eloi, lama sabach-thani? ēˈloi; āˈloi [ 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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