Episode 124: My God, My God

About this episode

Pastor Andrew explores the meaning of Jesus' cry of abandonment on the cross within its literary context.

Pastor Andrew takes us on a deep dive into one of Jesus' last words on the cross, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" and encourages us to take it in via its literary context, seeing it as "an early church attempt to preach to itself about the meaning of Jesus’ suffering."

People in this episode

Host: Andrew

Topics covered

• Jesus' last words
• suffering
• literary context
• early church

Keywords

• Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani
• My God, my God, why have you forsaken me
• Jesus' suffering

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