ELI ELI LAMA ZEBACHTANI

The real meaning of Jesus words on the Cross

We must remember that Jesus cried out in the Hebrew tongue and not in the Greek, as the soldiers mocked him and said that he was calling Eli the prophet

Mat 27:46-47  And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

Now did Jesus actually cry out my God My God why hast thou forsaken me?

Cross reference this with Psalm 22 v1

Psa 22:1  .... My God,(Eli) ^H410 my God,(Eli)^H410 why (meh)^H4100 hast thou forsaken (awzab) ^H5800 me? ...

H410    (My GOD)  אל  

'êl  ale

Shortened from H352; strength; as adjective mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity): - God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might (-y one), power, strong. Compare names in “-el.”

H4100 מה    מ־    מ־    מה    מה  (WHY)

mâh  mah  mâ  ma  meh   maw, mah, maw, mah, meh

A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses: - how (long, oft, [-soever]), [no-] thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby (-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

H5800 (FORSAKEN) עזב

‛âzab aw-zab'

A primitive root; to loosen, that is, relinquish, permit, etc.: - commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.

Now if Jesus had indeed cried out My God My God why hast Thou forsaken Me, He would have said like King David said in Psalm 22

ELI ELI MEH AW-ZAB

 But Jesus words was recorded as

Eli, Eli, lama zebachthani 

Interpreted this would mean  

MY GOD, MY GOD THE SACRIFICE IS COMPLETE

The Hebrew word for sacrifice is 

H2077  (Sacrifice) זבח

Zebach    zeh'-bakh

From H2076; properly a slaughter, that is, the flesh of an animal; by implication a sacrifice (the victim or the act): - offer (-ing), sacrifice.