Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Yes, it is an Aramaic transltation of Ps. 22. Presumably, either Jesus
himself, or whoever recorded what he said, was a native speaker of Aramaic.
This was fairly common among first century Jews.

Yigal

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Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:17 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Mark 15:34, Mat 27:46, & Psalm 22


> Mark 15:34: "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"
>
> Mat 27:46 "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?"
>
> 22nd Psalm "Eliy, Eliy, lama azabetani" yle) yle) mh yntbz(
>
> The cry of Jesus on the cross as recorded by two of the
> Gospels does not match the Hebrew in the 22nd Psalm.  I
> have been told that Mark 15:34 is actually Aramaic, as is
> the the second half of Mat 27:46.  Is this correct?
>
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