11-04-2009, 02:32 AM
Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum
Allow me please to add some information to your post:
The word <b>ELOI</b> means <b>MY GOD</b> and not simply '<i>God</i>' . If you read Mark 15:34 (the reference you gave) it says:
"and on the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: E-LO-I, E-LO-I, La' MA SA BACH THA NI? Which is, <b>being interpreted, MY GOD, MY GOD</b> why hast thou forsaken me?"
So according to the Bible, Jesus cried aloud to<b> HIS GOD</b> since he was plainly saying <b>MY GOD</b>, and therefore, he himself could never be God.
Now allow me to divert the subject a little bit and pose another question instead of '<i>who Jesus cry out to</i>?' to '<i>what did he actually say on the Cross</i>?'
according to Mark he was depressed and yet quite all the way to the cross until they put him to death where his last words were '<i>My God My God why has thou forsaken me</i>?'
but in Luke the whole story is different, he was not quite on his way to the cross, instead he prays: '<b>Father, forgive them for they don't know what they are doing</b>' Luke 23:34. in Luke it seems that he has a close contact with God, he was not concerned about himself, but rather about those who are doing wrong. (<i>without going into the whole details of differenced between both accounts i.e. Mark and Luke</i>), his last words were totally different than that of Mark, he said:
“<b>Father, into your hands I commend my spirit</b>” 23:46 after that he give up the ghost i.e. died. these were his last words and not as what is mentioned in Mark.
My concern is NOT about 'to whom did he pray to' but rather, what did actually happened to him in the last few hours of his life and what did he say on the cross. Well, that depends entirely on <b>which gospel do you read</b>, and so it seems to me that Bible authors' view points were at odds with each other regarding what exactly happened to him.
Salam
Wael.