10-26-2013, 05:09 PM
Shlama Akhi
As you know Christian tradition is rich in the understanding that Psalm 22 is a messianic psalm. This is also true of our own tradition.
Whether or not He was quoting the first line of Psalm 22, I'm not sure. The Peshitta psalm reads identical. The Hebrew root there is an ancient root from Assyrian/Akkadian. It is the exact cognate of the Aramaic Sh-b-q. It also has the same shades of meaning as I mentioned above.
For instance, see Leviticus 23:22 for the shade meaning "spare".
I think both David and Jesus were looking for a completion of an action they are praying for, an end result. For David, that was a deliverance from his enemies. And for Christ, the only way off the Cross. The completion of His mission. I don't think either of them felt God had forsaken them.
We do know that those condemned to a death sentence only fear one thing more than the inevitable moment of death, and that is a prolonged suffering. We do know that by the time Christ uttered these words, several hours of the most excruciating torture had transpired. I personally believe He was pleading for an end to the pain, and not that He felt God had abandoned Him in any way.
+Shamasha
As you know Christian tradition is rich in the understanding that Psalm 22 is a messianic psalm. This is also true of our own tradition.
Whether or not He was quoting the first line of Psalm 22, I'm not sure. The Peshitta psalm reads identical. The Hebrew root there is an ancient root from Assyrian/Akkadian. It is the exact cognate of the Aramaic Sh-b-q. It also has the same shades of meaning as I mentioned above.
For instance, see Leviticus 23:22 for the shade meaning "spare".
I think both David and Jesus were looking for a completion of an action they are praying for, an end result. For David, that was a deliverance from his enemies. And for Christ, the only way off the Cross. The completion of His mission. I don't think either of them felt God had forsaken them.
We do know that those condemned to a death sentence only fear one thing more than the inevitable moment of death, and that is a prolonged suffering. We do know that by the time Christ uttered these words, several hours of the most excruciating torture had transpired. I personally believe He was pleading for an end to the pain, and not that He felt God had abandoned Him in any way.
+Shamasha