Why did Jesus say " Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?

Question

interpreted "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Answer 1

He wasn't having a good day...what would you be saying?

Answer 2

"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

These are the Words beginning the Twenty-second Psalm. According to the Gospels, Jesus spoke these words during the Crucifixion, after he had suffered on the cross for three hours. Jesus was quoting Scripture in His hour of Suffering and Death.

Answer 3

Christ quoted scripture because He was fulfilling David's prophecy of the atonement of the Savior. It was necessary for Christ to be alone with the agonies of the world so that He could overcome the world for all of us. The Father left Him for that moment in order to complete the atonement. In the Garden of Gethsemane, he suffered for the sins of mankind such that He bled from every pore but at least He had angels with Him to support Him in His anguish. On the cross, He was left alone. Thus, when it was done, He could honestly say that it was finished. He was not talking about His life but about His mission for the salvation of mankind. Thus He could relinquish His spirit back to the Father and move on with the plan. He went to Paradise and set up the missionary work among the dead and then was resurrected and continued to set up the work here for the living.
He declared that He trod the winepress alone, He overcame all things, the last being death itself. With His sacrifice, He finished the Father's plan for Him and returned to the Father, as the glorified being that we now know Him to be.

Answer 4

To draw our attention to the purpose of his sacrifice.

This is a quote from Psalm 22, which is also quoted elsewhare in the New Testament. And though God APPEARS to forsake his elect in times of trouble, the end result is like what God did for Jesus -- resurrection to eternal life.

Answer 5

According to the Bible, at that point He had taken on the sins of the world. He was sin. And God does not fellowship with sin.

Blessed Be

Answer 6

Because of the great suffering he went through, and for just that brief moment he was separated from the Father - which he had never been. He had to be in order to bear our sin and die in our place.
His anguish and pain was total.
He did it for you and me - and of course, is reunited with Father God.

Answer 7

I believe the primary reason was because it fulfilled prophecy... but:

No matter how much you KNOW your father has your back, I'm pretty sure a stressful situation will make you yell out something like that...

Answer 8

Because for that one moment in time, God had to turn His back on Him while He took on the sins of the world for us

Answer 9

He was quoting Psalm. 22 which is a prophecy about His death. Read the Psalm with the passion stories and note the similarities.

1 For the leader; according to "The deer of the dawn." A psalm of David.
2 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish?
3 My God, I call by day, but you do not answer; by night, but I have no relief.
4 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the glory of Israel.
5 In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted and you rescued them.
6 To you they cried out and they escaped; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
7 But I am a worm, hardly human, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
8 All who see me mock me; they curl their lips and jeer; they shake their heads at me:
9 "You relied on the LORD--let him deliver you; if he loves you, let him rescue you."
10 Yet you drew me forth from the womb, made me safe at my mother's breast.
11 Upon you I was thrust from the womb; since birth you are my God.
12 Do not stay far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.
13 Many bulls surround me; fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me.
14 They open their mouths against me, lions that rend and roar.
15 Like water my life drains away; all my bones grow soft. My heart has become like wax, it melts away within me.
16 As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death.
17 Many dogs surround me; a pack of evildoers closes in on me. So wasted are my hands and feet
18 that I can count all my bones. They stare at me and gloat;
19 they divide my garments among them; for my clothing they cast lots.
20 But you, LORD, do not stay far off; my strength, come quickly to help me.
21 Deliver me from the sword, my forlorn life from the teeth of the dog.
22 Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.
23 Then I will proclaim your name to the assembly; in the community I will praise you:
24 "You who fear the LORD, give praise! All descendants of Jacob, give honor; show reverence, all descendants of Israel!
25 For God has not spurned or disdained the misery of this poor wretch, Did not turn away from me, but heard me when I cried out.
26 I will offer praise in the great assembly; my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.
27 The poor will eat their fill; those who seek the LORD will offer praise. May your hearts enjoy life forever!"
28 All the ends of the earth will worship and turn to the LORD; All the families of nations will bow low before you.
29 For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations.
30 All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage.
31 And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you.
32 The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought.

Answer 10

Because God had deserted to him for the time when he was dying, as it was the only way to pay for humanity's sins.

Answer 11

I think he expected God to save him.