Thou hast forsaken me, one of the Aramaic words uttered by our Lord on the cross (Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
Sabachthani
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(why hast thou forsaken me?), part of Christ’s fourth cry on the cross. (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34) This, with the other words uttered with it, as given in Mark, is Aramaic (Syro-Chaldaic), the common dialect of the people of palestine in Christ’s time and the whole is a translation of the Hebrew (given in Matthew) of the first words of the 22d Psalm.—ED.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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