To Jehovah Witness,If God personal name is "Jehovah",why did Jesus called God "Eloi"?

Question

"Eli Eli,lama sabachthani" is the Psalm quote.

But "Eloi" was a quote from Jesus.Why did Jesus called God "Eloi"?

Answer 1

As this question implies, the Hebrew "El" or "Elohim" (אֱלוֹהִים , אלהים) means "god". The bible teaches plainly that Jehovah is God (see Psalm 83:18).

(Isaiah 42:5) This is what the true God, Jehovah, has said, the Creator of the heavens and the Grand One stretching them out


It seems rather obvious that Jesus called Jehovah "God" because Jehovah was and is Almighty God. A bible student might note that the son of King Saul referred to his father as "king", rather than as "Saul" or "Father". The fact that a person may be addressed in more than one manner seems remarkably unconfusing.

(1 Samuel 19:4) Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him: “Do not let the king sin against his servant David


Interestingly, the Scripture wherein Jesus refers to Jehovah as "the only true God" makes it incredibly obvious that Jesus is a person distinct from "the only true God"!

(John 17:3) This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.

Since Jesus (the Son) was "sent forth" on an assignment from "the only true God", the two cannot be the same person. Interestingly, the verse even teaches that God is superior to Jesus (since Jesus the Son directs prayer to and performs the work assigned by God the Father).


Meanwhile, it is sad when anti-Witnesses imply that Jehovah's Witnesses believe Jesus to be "false".

None of the Scriptures which have been translated to refer to Jehovah as "true" actually uses a term which is strictly an antonym of "false". Instead, in both Hebrew and Greek the terms convey the sense of being an "absolute" or "genuine" god in comparison with other so-called "gods". Almighty Jehovah has no peer among so-called "gods" such as Baal and Molech, Zeus and Jupiter.

Interestingly, the Scriptures nine times refer to Jehovah as "the true Lord". Yet the word "lord" is used dozens of times in reference to kings, dignitaries, masters, angels, and (of course) Jesus Christ. Would this questioner pretend that all of these "lords" must be "false" or else also be part of a single mysterious multi-personalitied "true Lord"?

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Answer 2

I'm not a JW but Eli means God and Eloi probably means God in aramaic

Edit:
When jews read the Bible out loud they replace YHWH by saying adonay or elohim.
So just because Jesus doesn't call God Jehovah/Jahwe, it doesn't really mean anything.

Answer 3

I AM NOT a jw, and would never be, but Christ was quoting Scripture when He was crucified, (the 22ND psalm which was wrote a 1000 years before this happened). Here are some of the Names of God which may help you in the future.

I AM THAT I AM El (the Strong One)
Jehovah-Mekaddishkem
El Elohe Yisrael
Jehovah-Nissi
El Elyon
Jehovah-Rapha
Elohim
Jehovah-Rohi
El Olam
Jehovah- Sabaoth
El Roi
Jehovah-Shalom
El Shaddai
Jehovah-Shammah
Immanuel
Jehovah Tsidkenu
Jehovah
Yah or Jah
YHWH

Jesus Christ

Answer 4

"And at the ninth hour Jesus called out with a loud voice: “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means, when translated: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" -- Mark 15:34

The words "Eli, lama sabachthani" are usually considered to be Aramaic, perhaps of a Galilean dialect. However, The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible says: "Opinion is divided in regard to the original language of the saying and as to whether Jesus himself would more naturally have used Hebrew or Aramaic. . . . Documents indicate that a form of Hebrew, somewhat influenced by Aramaic, may have been in use in Palestine in the first century A.D." In reality, the Greek transliteration of these words, as recorded by Matthew and Mark, does not allow for a positive identification of the original language used.


http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1998/3/15/article_01.htm

Answer 5

YHWH / YAHWEH / JEHOVAH: “LORD” (Deuteronomy 6:4; Daniel 9:14) – Strictly speaking, the only proper name for God. Translated in English Bibles “LORD” (all capitals) to distinguish it from Adonai “Lord.” The revelation of the name is first given to Moses “I Am who I Am” (Exodus 3:14). This name specifies an immediacy, a presence. Yahweh is present, accessible, near to those who call on Him for deliverance (Psalm 107:13), forgiveness (Psalm 25:11) and guidance (Psalm 31:3).

Answer 6

Did Jesus ever say that Eloi was that name of God? or was this a word used to describe him? One may say GOD ALMIGHTY. Is almighty his no? One may say WONDERFUL GOD, is wonderful his name? For more information ans answers to your question please visit the offical web site of Jehovah's Witnesses at WWW.WATCHTOWER.ORG

Answer 7

Jehovah's Witnesses are not the only ones to use the name. Why not attack all of them?

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/11/robertson_says.html

Answer 8

Rule #1: Say a prayer , preferably Hail Mary.

Answer 9

I and My Father are one. The Father is in me and I in the Father. Can you understand the relationship???

1 + 1 =1

Who can understand why Jesus used Eloi or Eli or Yahweh??

Faith is not about knowledge but wisdom.

Answer 10

JW is flawed when it come to who the savior was. Ask a JW if jehovah was the savior and in the old testament it says he is. But Jesus Christ is the saviour. They havent yet realised that Jehovah was Jesus Christs premortal office / name. he was made responsible for saving this world By his heavenly Father (EL-o-him). To whom he prayed for constant guidance while in his own mortal experience to show us the way-
After all if he is to judge us then he must have walked in our shoes to righteously judge us.
When you realise that jehovah (as the first begotten child in the heavens ) is jesus christ many seemingly weird contradictary things in the old testament are solved