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Sabachthani

SABACHTHANI, or Sabactani. We Mat. xxvii. 46. Mark xv. 34.read this Word in the Gospel: Jesus Christ upon the Cross, cry’d out, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? This is a corrupt Reading of the Word Azabthani, or Gnazabthani; Thou hast forsaken me. This is Psal. xxii. 2. למה עזבתניtaken out of Psal. xxii. 1.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Sabachthani,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/s/sabachthani/.

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