Why did Jesus say on the Cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me”?
Why did Jesus say on the Cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me”? W hen Jesus uttered these words, whilst hanging on the Cross, he was quoting the first line of Psalm 22. This Psalm is a remarkable prophecy of Christ’s saving passion, describing His pain and His utter kenosis (κένωσις, self-emptying) in a vivid prophetic description: For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet; I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me. They divide My garments among them, And for [...]