Why Have You Forsaken Me?: Mark 15:33-41
Cinematic retelling of Jesus' death on the cross
This is vivid retellings.
At noon, darkness fell over the whole land. Not an eclipse—Passover was at full moon—something else. The sun refused to watch. Creation itself recoiled. For three hours, darkness covered everything. At three in the afternoon, Jesus cried out in a loud voice: "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" —which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" The opening words of Psalm 22, torn from a throat raw with thirst and agony.…
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