| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? |
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( ´l , l ´m sb k´thn; ´l, lä´mä säbäkh´thän) (KEY) or Eloi, Eloi, lama sabach-thani? (´loi; ´loi) (KEY) [Eli, Eloi: Heb. or Aramaic,=Lord; lama sabachthani?: Aramaic,=why hast thou forsaken me?], in the New Testament, words of Jesus on the cross. The Greek text retains and translates the original, which is seemingly a quotation of Psalm 22. |
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