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Why Did Jesus Say, “Why Have You Forsaken Me?”

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As Jesus hung on the cross, He quoted the opening words of Psalm 22. That Psalm describes suffering, humiliation, and feeling abandoned—but it doesn’t end in despair.

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Jesus knew He came to die for us. So why did He cry out, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

Matthew 27:46

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Matthew 27:46, KJV

Psalm 22

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Psalm 22:1, KJV

Was Jesus expressing the depth of His suffering, pointing people to Psalm 22, or both?

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