DAY 2 | MARCH 19 MATTHEW 27:45-50 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 47 And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” 48 And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink. 49 But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.” 50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. " Jesus quotes Psalm 22 saying "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" What does this show us about how Jesus is feeling? Why do you think He says these words aloud? Why do you think the Holy Spirit made sure they were recorded for us in the gospels? Psalm 22 begins with a lament of forsakenness. Thus, as we've seen, Jesus quotes it to show the emotional agony of feeling abandoned by the Father. Yet, it is important to note that Psalm 22 ends with the author's confidence in God's coming deliverance. How does that hope of deliverance give new meaning to this moment on the cross?
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