Matthew 27:46

“And when He had cried with a loud voice, He gave up the ghost,” anticipating the public executioners of the crucified, who break the legs of the victims, and who do so in order that their punishment may not be further prolonged.” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xxvii. 46–50.

“Thus, when He said, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 46.

“We have, moreover, in that other Gospel a clear revelation, i.e. of the Son’s distinction from the Father, “My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” and again, (in the third Gospel,) “Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 46.

“He exclaims that God had forsaken Him.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 46.

“You have Him exclaiming in the midst of His passion: “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 46.

“And so the “pressure” must be maintained up to that hour in which the orb—involved from the sixth hour in a general darkness—performed for its dead Lord a sorrowful act of duty; so that we too may then return to enjoyment when the universe regained its sunshine.” — editor's note: See Matt. xxvii. 45–54; Mark xvi. 33–39; Luke xxiii. 44–47.

“Christ prayed thus on the cross:“My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 2; Sept. and Vulgate. S. Matt xxvii. 46, R.V., “and from the words of my roaring.”

“Further, these words, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxvii. 46.

“Others again are said in the manner of association and relation, as, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? and He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin, and being made a curse for us; also, Then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him that put all…” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxvii. 46.

““My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 1. Cf. S. Matt. xxvii. 46; S. Mark xv. 24.

“Of Him the Scripture saith, in the passage cited, in order to discover the mysteries of the Incarnation: “But Thou hast rejected, O Lord, and counted for nought—Thou hast cast out Thy Christ.” — editor's note: Or, “thine Anointed.” Cf. Ps. xxii. 1; S. Matt. xxvii. 46.

“My God! why hast Thou forsaken Me?” and He now says, “O My God, depart not from Me.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 46.

“I will say unto God, “Thou art my lifter up; why hast Thou forgotten me?”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 46; Ps. xxii. 1.

“For whence, unless assumed from us, were those words, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 1; Matt. xxvii. 46.

“As ye know, the Lord about eventide hung on the Cross: and our impieties were propitiated; otherwise they had swallowed up: the discourses of unjust men had prevailed over us; there had led us astray preachers of Jupiter, and of Saturn, and of Mercury: “the discourses of ungodly men had prevailed over us.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 46.

“Why do these men think Me left alone to their evil?” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 46.

“Yet, fixing our weakness upon the Cross, where, as the Apostle saith, “our old man is crucified with Him,” He cried out in the voice of that our “old man,” “Why hast Thou forsaken Me?”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 1; Matt. xxvii. 46.

“And some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 46, 47.

“For it was in a mystery as regards our inner man, so as to signify the death of our soul, that those words were uttered, not only in the Psalm, but also on the cross: “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 1, and Matt. xxvii. 46

“Then He hung on the cross itself at the sixth hour, and yielded up His spirit at the ninth hour.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 23–50

“Matt. XXVII. 45-48.” — the author cites it

“…He prayed for release; Whose whole nature was so overwhelmed by agony that in those moments on the Cross He cried, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? forced by the bitterness of His pain to complain that He was forsaken: Who, destitute of the Father’s help, gave up the ghost with the words, Father, into Thy…” — editor's note: Ib. xxvii. 46.

“…of Man, and The Father is greater than I, and, more strongly, Now is My soul troubled exceedingly, and even this, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me”? and many more, of which I shall speak in due time,—and yet, in the face of these constant expressions of His humility, to charge Him with presumption because…” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxvii. 46.

“These impious assertions are based on the words, My soul is sorrowful even unto death, and “Father if it be possible let this cup pass away from Me”, and also, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? to which they also add, Father into Thy hands I commend My Spirit.” — editor's note: Ib. xxvii. 46.

Some take occasion from this text to cavil against the truth of the Gospel. For indeed from the beginning eclipses of the sun have happened in their proper seasons; but such an eclipse as would be brought about by…

When we were together at Heliopolis, we both observed such an interference of the moon with the sun quite unexpectedly, for it was not the season of their conjunction; and then from the ninth hour until evening,…

This darkness lasted three hours, whereas an eclipse is transient, and not enduring, as they know who have studied the matter.

Against this the children of this world urge, How is it that of the Greeks and Barbarians, who have made observations of these things, not one has recorded so remarkable a phenomenon as this? Phlegon indeed has…

Or otherwise; The wonder was in this, that the darkness was over the whole earth, which had never come to pass before, save only in Egypt what time the Passover was celebrated; for the things done then were a type of…

He employed the beginning of the twenty-first Psalm. [marg. note: Ps 22:1, Vulg.] That clause in the middle of the verse, “Look upon me,” is superfluous; for the Hebrew has only ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani,’ that is,…

He uttered this word of prophecy, that He might bear witness to the very last hour to the Old Testament, and that they might see that He honours the Father, and is not against God. And therefore too, He used the…

But it must be asked, What means this, that Christ is forsaken of God? Some, unable to explain how Christ could be forsaken of God, say that this was spoken out of humility. But you will be able clearly to comprehend…

From these words heretical spirits contend either that God the Word was entirely absorbed into the soul at the time it discharged the function of a soul in quickening the body; or that Christ could not have been born…

God is said to have forsaken Him in death because He exposed Him to the power of His persecutors; He withdrew His protection, but did not break the union.

When He saw darkness over the whole land of Judaea He said this, Father, “why hast thou forsaken me?” meaning, Why hast thou given Me over exhausted to such sufferings? that the people who were honoured by Thee may…

Or, The Saviour said this as bearing about with Him our feelings, who when placed in dangers think ourselves forsaken by God. Human nature was forsaken by God because of its sins, and the Son of God becoming our…

It follows, “Some of them that stood by,” &c.; “some,” not all; whom I suppose to have been Roman soldiers, ignorant of Hebrew, but from the words “Eli, Eli,” thought that He called upon Elias. But if we prefer to…

Thus the Source of living water is made to drink vinegar, the Giver of honey is fed with gall; Forgiveness is scourged, Acquittance is condemned, Majesty is mocked, Virtue ridiculed, the Bestower of showers is repaid…

Vinegar is wine, which has turned sour either from neglect, or the fault of the vessel. Wine is the honour of immortality, or virtue. When this then had been turned sour in Adam, He took and drunk it at the hands of…

Or otherwise; The Jews as degenerating from the wine of the Patriarchs and Prophets were vinegar; they had deceitful hearts, like to the winding holes and hollows in spunge. By the reed, Sacred Scripture is denoted,…

And perhaps all who know the ecclesiastical doctrine, but live amiss, have given them to drink wine mingled with gall; but they who attribute to Christ untrue opinions, these filling a sponge with vinegar, put it…

The soldiers misunderstanding the sound of the Lord’s words, foolishly looked for the coming of Elias. But God, whom the Saviour thus invoked in the Hebrew tongue, He had in ever inseparably with Him.

When now nought of suffering remains to be endured, death still lingers, knowing that it has nothing there. The ancient foe suspected somewhat unusual. This man, first and only, he found having no sin, free from…

Far be from the faithful any suspicion that Christ experienced our death in such sort that life (as far as it can) ceased to live. Had this been so, how could aught have been said to live during that three days, if…

Although He died as man, and His holy soul was separated from His unstained body, yet His Godhead remained inseparate from either body or soul. Yet was not the one Person divided into two; for as both body and soul…

It was a mark of Divine power in Him thus to dismiss the Spirit as Himself had said, “No man can take my life from me, but I lay it down and take it again.” [John 10:18] For by “the ghost” in this place we understand…

Also for this reason He cried out with a loud voice to shew that this is done by His own power. For by crying out with a loud voice when dying, He shewed incontestably that He was the true God; because a man in dying…

Luke mentions the words which He thus cries out, “Father, into thy hands I commend my Spirit.”

Or, He gave up the ghost with a loud voice, in grief that He was not carrying the sins of all men.

Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34 share the same wording (18 words).

Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.

Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.18.

Cited together in Against Celsus III.32.

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:45–50 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 25.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.24.

Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 25.

Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 25.

Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 25.

Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 25.

Cited together in Origen on Matthew 27:45–50 (2) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Against Celsus III.32.

Cited together in Against Celsus III.32.

Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 27:45–50 (3) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.24.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.24.

Matthew 27:46 takes up the words of Psalm 22:1 (8 words in common).