# Where is “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” in the Bible?

> “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” is Matthew 27:46.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me
By Andrew Kittridge · November 10, 2026

Jesus cries it out from the cross.

## The verse

> Around the ninth hour Jesus shouted in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
>
> — [Matthew 27:46](https://www.lumin.faith/read/matthew/27#46) (Lumin Translation)

These exact words are in 3 verses of the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible.

## What it means there

He is quoting the first line of Psalm 22, a psalm of David that starts in abandonment and ends in trust and praise. Matthew keeps the Aramaic words Jesus spoke.

## Also in the Bible

> At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
>
> — [Mark 15:34](https://www.lumin.faith/read/mark/15#34) (Lumin Translation)

> My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? You are far from rescuing me, far from the words of my roaring.
>
> — [Psalm 22:1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/22#1) (Lumin Translation)

## Common questions

### Where is “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” in the Bible?

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” is Matthew 27:46. These exact words are in 3 verses of the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. Jesus cries it out from the cross.

### Is “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” in the Bible?

Yes. It is Matthew 27:46, and also Mark 15:34 and Psalm 22:1. In the Lumin Translation, Matthew 27:46 reads: “Around the ninth hour Jesus shouted in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?””

### Who said “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me”?

Jesus cries it out from the cross.

### What does “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” mean in the Bible?

He is quoting the first line of Psalm 22, a psalm of David that starts in abandonment and ends in trust and praise. Matthew keeps the Aramaic words Jesus spoke.

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