Crucifixion of Jesus

====Mark / Matthew====
* {{lang|arc-Latn|E′li, E′li, la′ma sa‧bach‧tha′ni?}} <ref>{{bibleverse|Mt.|27:46}}, {{bibleverse|Mk.|15:34}}</ref> ([[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] for "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?"). Aramaic linguist Steve Caruso said Jesus most likely spoke Galilean Aramaic,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aramaicnt.org/what-is-galilean-aramaic/ |title=What is Galilean Aramaic? &#124; The Aramaic New Testament |publisher=Aramaicnt.org |date=March 31, 2015 |access-date=January 15, 2019 |archive-date=January 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122013147/http://aramaicnt.org/what-is-galilean-aramaic/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which would render the pronunciation of these words: {{lang|arc|[http://aramaicnt.org/2015/03/31/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me/ əlahí əlahí ləmáh šəvaqtáni]}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://aramaicnt.org/2015/03/31/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me/|title = My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?|date = March 31, 2015|access-date = April 7, 2023|archive-date = April 7, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230407104433/http://aramaicnt.org/2015/03/31/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me/|url-status = live}}</ref>

The only words of Jesus on the cross mentioned in the Mark and Matthew accounts, this is a quotation of [[Psalm 22]]. Since other verses of the same Psalm are cited in the crucifixion accounts, some commentators consider it a literary and theological creation. [[Geza Vermes]] noted the verse is cited in Aramaic rather than the usual Hebrew, and that by the time of Jesus, this phrase had become a proverbial saying in common usage.<ref>Geza Vermes, ''The Passion'' (Penguin, 2005) p. 75.</ref> Compared to the accounts in the other Gospels, which he describes as "theologically correct and reassuring", he considers this phrase "unexpected, disquieting and in consequence more probable".<ref>Geza Vermes, ''The Passion'' (Penguin, 2005) p. 114.</ref> He describes it as bearing "all the appearances of a genuine cry".<ref>Geza Vermes, ''The Passion'' (Penguin, 2005) p. 122.</ref> [[Raymond E. Brown|Raymond Brown]] likewise comments that he finds "no persuasive argument against attributing to the Jesus of Mark/Matt the literal sentiment of feeling forsaken expressed in the Psalm quote".<ref>Raymond Brown, ''The Death of the Messiah'' Volume II (Doubleday, 1994) p. 1051</ref>