Sabachthani, or Sabachthani

Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet

(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.

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William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 1.3, based on the 1884 Peloubet revision with later digital enrichments preserved