James Tissot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Psalm 22 There seems to be a very good chance that Jesus was praying the whole time he was being crucified. This makes a lot of sense if you consider that he had spent three years focused on this one outcome. It seems to me very plausible that he was trying to draw strength from the scriptures that he knew so well.
Quoting Psalms while dying on the cross
Quoting Psalms while dying on the cross
Quoting Psalms while dying on the cross
James Tissot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Psalm 22 There seems to be a very good chance that Jesus was praying the whole time he was being crucified. This makes a lot of sense if you consider that he had spent three years focused on this one outcome. It seems to me very plausible that he was trying to draw strength from the scriptures that he knew so well.