ELI, that is to say, My God. Our Saviour when he was upon the cross, cried out, Eli, Eli, Lama Sabacthani, or rather, Lama Sabadetani; My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? which is taken from Numb. i. 9.Psalm xxii. 1.
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