Eli, Eli

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Eli, Eli may refer to:

  • "Eli, Eli" (my God, my God Eli), words spoken by King David in Book of Psalms 22:2-3- : "...My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me, and art far from my help at the words of my cry? O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not; and at night, and there is no surcease for me..." [1]
  • "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani", a phrase spoken by Jesus on the cross, according to Matthew and Mark, taken from David's words in Psalm 22, although some debate what exactly Jesus' last words were
  • Eli, Eli (film), an old Yiddish language movie about an old Jewish immigrant couple neglected by their Americanized children

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