Matius 27:45-46

Jesus’ Death

27:45 Now from noon until three, ¹  darkness came over all the land. ²  27:46 At ³  about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, ⁴  “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ⁵ 

[27:45]  ¹ tn Grk “from the sixth hour to the ninth hour.”

[27:45]  ² sn This imagery has parallels to the Day of the Lord: Joel 2:10; Amos 8:9; Zeph 1:15.

[27:46]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:46]  ⁴ tn Grk “with a loud voice, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[27:46]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 22:1.