Mark 15:34

Καὶ τῇ ὥρᾳ τῇ ἐνάτῃ ἐβόησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, λέγων, Ἐλωΐ, Ἐλωΐ, λιμὰ σαβαχθανί; Ὅ ἐστι μεθερμηνευόμενον, Ὁ Θεός μου, ὁ Θεός μου, εἰς τί με ἐγκατέλιπες;

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 3588; tē; τῇ; the; Art-DFS

Strongs 1766; enatē; ἐνάτῃ; ninth; Adj-DFS

Strongs 5610; hōra; ὥρᾳ; hour; N-DFS

Strongs 994; eboēsen; ἐβόησεν; he called out; V-AIA-3S

Strongs 3588; ho; ὁ; the; Art-NMS

Strongs 2424; Iēsous; Ἰησοῦς; Salvation; N-NMS

Strongs 5456; phōnē; φωνῇ; a voice; N-DFS

Strongs 3173; megalē; μεγάλῃ; mega; Adj-DFS

Strongs 1682; Elōi; Ἐλωῒ; Eloi; N-VMS

Strongs 1682; Elōi; Ἐλωῒ; Eloi; N-VMS

Strongs 2982; lema; λεμὰ*; lema; Adv

Strongs 4518; sabachthani; σαβαχθάνι*; sabachthani; V-AIA-2S

Strongs 3739; ho; ὅ; which/whichever; RelPro-NNS

Strongs 1510; estin; ἐστιν; he is; V-PIA-3S

Strongs 3177; methermēneuomenon; μεθερμηνευόμενον; that which is being translated; V-PPM/P-NNS

Strongs 3588; Ho; Ὁ; the; Art-VMS

Strongs 2316; Theos; Θεός; God; N-NMS

Strongs 1473; mou; μου; of myself; PPro-G1S

Strongs 3588; ho; ὁ; the; Art-VMS

Strongs 2316; Theos; Θεός; God; N-NMS

Strongs 1473; mou; μου; of myself; PPro-G1S

Strongs 1519; eis; εἰς; into; Prep

Strongs 5101; ti; τί; who; IPro-ANS

Strongs 1459; enkatelipes; ἐγκατέλιπές; have You forsaken; V-AIA-2S

Strongs 1473; me; με; myself; PPro-A1S

RBT Hebrew Literal:

אלהי אלהי Elohai Elohai!

And on the Ninth Hour the Salvation war-cried in a mega voice, "Mighty Ones, Mighty Ones! Why have you abandoned myself?" That which is being translated, "the God of myself, the God of myself, into who have you abandoned myself?"³⁷

Mighty Ones! Mighty Ones!

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, for what hast thou forsaken me?

LITV Translation:
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? (Which being translated is, "My God, My God, why did You forsake Me?") Psa. 22:1; 69:21

ESV Translation:
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Footnotes

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Let the Dragon Roar

The Greek Ἐλωῒ elói used here is different from that used in Matthew 27:46 where we read the transliterated Eli אלי. This form used in Mark 15:34 is a transliteration of אלהי which is a plural construct of אל El. (See Strong's Hebrew #430 elohim "mighty ones" and the shortened plural construct elohay used nearly 400 times.) Also note #426 elah "mighty oak."

The Greek βοάω (“to shout, cry aloud”) is employed in classical texts to denote the act of issuing a loud, vigorous cry—often in a martial or communal context. For example, in Homer’s Iliad we find ὀξὺ βοήσας (“shouting sharply”; Il. 17.89), and in the Odyssey ὅσσον τε γέγωνε βοήσας (“shouting mightily”; Od. 6.294), both of which evoke the intense war cry of a warrior. This sense is further attested in passages such as πᾶσα γὰρ πόλις βοᾷ (“for the whole city shouts”; Aeschylus, lyr. 1106), ὡς δράκων βοάει (“as a dragon roars”; Idylls of Theocritus 381), and ὁ δῆμος ἐβόησεν (“the people shouted”; Polybius 41.19, cf. Charito 1.1 and IG 12(9).906). And thus these examples demonstrate that the verb can describe both the shouts of a single individual and the collective acclamations typical of battle or public assemblies.

The Greek εἰς does not mean "why." Far from it. It is the preposition for "into" but scholars sure did their best to try to make it into a "why."

 

 

in

preposition: in, to, at, into, unto, for, upon, on
pronoun: one