At the ninth
hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which
means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” '(Mark 15:35)
According to
Mark, Jesus cried out Eloi Eloi, what’s interesting about this is the onlookers
thought he was calling Elijah?.
When some of those standing near heard
this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah." (Mark 15:35)
Why are the onlookers saying that Jesus
is calling Prophet Elijah and then, of
course, proceed to say they'll wait to see if Elijah helps him, if Jesus' words
are asking God why he's been forsaken?
The rest said, "Now leave him
alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him." (Matthew 27:49)
Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine
vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave
him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said.
(Mark 15:36)
If the onlookers can mishear Jesus whilst
standing next to him, how could they possibly have mistaken on what Jesus had
said. What’s worse is they actually thought Jesus was calling Elijah to help him
not God. could it be that Jesus did call out for Elijah but the author who
wrote decades later changed it to eloi? Or else why would the Jews standing
there think he called Elijah is Jesus was supposed to have preached about God Almighty?.
That's the illogical part of that account. If the onlookers had
understood Hebrew/Aramaic, they would not have confused God ("eli" in
Hebrew or "elahi" in Aramaic) with "Eliyah" who was a
well-known prophet.
what does that tell you about the
authors who were not even there?. Then all his disciples deserted him and ran
away. (Mark 14:50)
