Mark 15:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τῇ ὥρᾳ τῇ ἐνάτῃ ἐβόησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, λέγων, Ἐλωῒ, Ἐλωῒ, λαμμᾶ σαβαχθανί; ὅ ἐστιν, μεθερμηνευόμενον, Ὁ Θεός μου, ὁ Θεός μου, εἰς τί με ἐγκατέλιπες;

Transliteration

And at-the hōra the enatē eboēsen the Iēsous with-phōnē megalē, legōn, Elōi, Elōi, lamma sabachthani? which estin, methermēneuomenon, The Theos of-me, the Theos of-me, to what me you-enkatelipes?

Grammar Details

*hōra*: noun, dative, feminine, singular - hour/time
*enatē*: adjective, dative, feminine, singular - ninth
*eboēsen*: verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd, singular - cried out
*Iēsous*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*phōnē*: noun, dative, feminine, singular - voice
*megalē*: adjective, dative, feminine, singular - loud/great
*legōn*: participle, present, active, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
*Elōi*: Aramaic - My God
*lamma*: Aramaic - why/for what purpose
*sabachthani*: Aramaic - you have forsaken me
*estin*: verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd, singular - is
*methermēneuomenon*: participle, present, passive, nominative, neuter, singular - being translated
*Theos*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - God
*enkatelipes*: verb, aorist, active, indicative, 2nd, singular - you forsook/abandoned

Word Meanings

*eboēsen*: cried out/called out/shouted
*phōnē*: voice/sound
*megalē*: loud/great/mighty
*Elōi*: My God (Aramaic/Hebrew)
*methermēneuomenon*: being translated/being interpreted
*enkatelipes*: forsook/abandoned/left behind

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 22:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
Luke 23:46 : 46 And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost.
Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up {G5037} prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
Matt 27:46 : 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Ps 27:9 : 9 Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Ps 42:9 : 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 71:11 : 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.
Isa 41:17 : 17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Lam 1:12 : 12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.
Lam 5:20 : 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?
Dan 9:21 : 21 yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
Luke 23:44 : 44 And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
Acts 10:3 : 3 He saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.

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