As He hung on the cross, Jesus cried out:
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”
“My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?”
I’ve heard many explanations.
But one question keeps bothering me.
Jesus had already said that no one was taking His life from Him.
He knew He would be crucified.
He spoke about it long before it happened.
He even refused the option of calling legions of angels to rescue Him.
He prayed,
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
So…
Why this cry?
Was Jesus expecting something different to happen?
Was He expressing unbearable human suffering?
Was He deliberately quoting Psalm 22, a Scripture written centuries before His birth?
Or is there something happening at the cross that we still don’t fully understand?
Notice something else.
He didn’t say,
“There is no God.”
He still said,
“My God…”
Even in what appears to be His darkest moment.
So what exactly did Jesus mean when He asked,
“Why have You forsaken Me?”
Was He asking a question…
making a declaration…
quoting Scripture…
or revealing something deeper than we often assume?
I’d really like to hear your thoughts.
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