At the foot of the cross

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ (Matt. 27:46)

The ENd word Elizabeth McQuoid

‘He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now,’ the religious leaders jeered (v. 43). Full of irony, what they really mean is: ‘He can’t really trust in God. If he did, God wouldn’t have let him go to the cross!’ Jesus’ anguished cry: ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ almost seems to justify their charges.