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46 And about the ninth hour (three o’clock) Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?—that is, My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me [leaving Me [a]helpless, forsaking and failing Me in My need]?(A)

47 And some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, This Man is calling for Elijah!

48 And one of them immediately ran and took a sponge, soaked it with vinegar (a sour wine), and put it on a reed (staff), and was [b]about to give it to Him to drink.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:46 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
  2. Matthew 27:48 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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