Mark 15:34
Around three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice,“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
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- Ps 22:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
- Luke 23:46 : 46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said,“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And after he said this he breathed his last.
- Heb 5:7 : 7 During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.
- Matt 27:46 : 46 At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice,“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
- Ps 27:9 : 9 Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!
- Ps 42:9 : 9 I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”
- Ps 71:11 : 11 They say,“God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”
- Isa 41:17 : 17 The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the LORD, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
- Lam 1:12 : 12 ל(Lamed) Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger.
- Lam 5:20 : 20 Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
- Dan 9:21 : 21 yes, while I was still praying, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, around the time of the evening offering.
- Luke 23:44 : 44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,
- Acts 10:3 : 3 About three o’clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him,“Cornelius.”
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43 He trusts in God– let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said,‘I am God’s Son’!”
44 The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.
45 Jesus’ Death Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.
46 At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice,“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
47 When some of the bystanders heard it, they said,“This man is calling for Elijah.”
- Ps 22:1-22 verses86%
1 For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
2 My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.
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32 Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.
33 Jesus’ Death Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
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35 When some of the bystanders heard it they said,“Listen, he is calling for Elijah!”
36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying,“Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”
37 But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last.
38 And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.
39 Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said,“Truly this man was God’s Son!”
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23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
24 Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.
25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
26 The inscription of the charge against him read,“The king of the Jews.”
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44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,
45 because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.
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11 They say,“God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”
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29 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
30 save yourself and come down from the cross!”
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30 When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said,“It is completed!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
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14 O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
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35 Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.
36 He said,“Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
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40 and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”
41 In the same way even the chief priests– together with the experts in the law and elders– were mocking him:
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50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.
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34 [But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.
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21 Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!
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22 Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh?
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38 So he called out,“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
39 And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more,“Son of David, have mercy on me!”
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7 Then he cried out with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God– do not torment me!”
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18 They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments.
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