My God my God why have you abandoned me

[abd1]

Why did the crowd misinterpret Jesus when he quoted Psalm 22? they thought he was calling for Elijah. I searched EWTN and other sites to find the answer but the only Church father who provided a theory was St. Jerome. He thought the crowd either was non-Jews who did not know Hebrew, or the Jews who heard him did not hear him clearly.

Does anyone know of any other Church Father who has commented on this?

 

[stumbler]

abd1:

Does anyone know of any other Church Father who has commented on this?

I don’t know if he qualifies as a church father yet ( ) but Jimmy Akin has posited that the crowd’s mistake arises because of the physical stresses of the crucifixion. That is, the words, Elijah and God were somewhat similar in Aramaic. But to say anything, Jesus would need to raise himself up in order to breath and speak. Near death, any such effort would have been excruciating and, out of simple physical necessity, Jesus would collapse on the cross after any effort with his lungs rapidly expelling air due to the pressure. So, Jesus said “Eli” followed by an audible huff as he collapses which would sound to the crowd as “Eli … huh” and which they mistook for “Eli … juh.”

 

[Verbum]

To add to Stumbler’s post, Jesus spoke Aramaic, but the Hebrew for God would have been Eli all the same. Many commentators think that the Jews understood very well, but they made as if he had said “Elijah” because Elijah was supposed to come back to announce the Messiah. (Cf. Matthew 17). Because Jesus claimed to be the Messiah, this was a mockery on the part of the Jews.

Verbum

 

[Catholic_Dude]

I had the same questions. I looked in the online NAB on USCCB Here: nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew27.htm

I looked at Matt ch27, verse 47, and followed the footnotes…
nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew3.htm#foot5
Matt17:

10Then the disciples asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 11He said in reply, “Elijah will indeed come and restore all things; 12but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they pleased. So also will the Son of Man suffer at their hands.”

Mark 9:

11Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 12He told them, "Elijah will indeed come first and restore all things, yet how is it written regarding the Son of Man that he must suffer greatly and be treated with contempt?

I also found this:

Malachi3:

23 Lo, I will send you Elijah, the prophet, Before the day of the LORD comes, the great and terrible day,

So it seems Elijah was hot on their minds, or that they knew what to look for in terms of the prophecy, they didnt realize that it came to pass, but it did right in front of them with John the Baptist and Jesus.Other than that I dont know. I dont agree with the idea that they misunderstood what he was saying or a sound alike, there has to be a good reason. Anyone else?

 

[abd1]

thanks.

 

[psalm90]

My God, my God, why have I sinned against You?