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“Eli Eli lama sabachthani”       [Mark 15:33-36]       This is the fourth word Jesus said on the cross: “Eli Eli lama sabachthani.”   Look at Mark 15:34 – “And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?’-- which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’”   During the Wednesday service last week, we meditated on the fourth word of Jesus on the cross, “Eloi, Eloi, lama, sabachthani,” centered on Matthew 27:46.   About 700 years before Jesus Christ came to this world, the prophet Isaiah prophesied in Isaiah 53:7 that Jesus Christ, the Messiah, would be silent.   And according to this prophecy, Jesus was silent.   But before dying on the cross, He cried out loudly, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani” (Mt. 27:46).   Even though Jesus had no sin, He was forsaken by Heavenly Father because of our sins, so He cried out loudly, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ...