My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?

Picture this: Jesus is hanging on the cross, battered, bleeding. He looks down and sees all these people watching. Some are his followers, waiting to see what will happen. Some Romans are watching, thinking this will be the end of the recent troubles with the Jews. Some Jews are watching, thinking this will be the end of the troublemaker. Jesus looks to the sky and says “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” in Hebrew.  Some probably saw this as Jesus faltering. But why did he say it in Hebrew, instead of in his native language Aramaic?  Psalm 22 was written in Hebrew. Psalm 22 begins “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”. Psalm 22 also says “all who see me mock me............they pierce my hands and my feet...........they cast lots for my clothing”.   I wonder if when Jesus said that did any of the people casting lots for his clothing, or had peirced his hands and feet realized something written over 1000 years ago was happening right before their eyes.   Psalm 22 further says “He has not hidden his face from him, but has listened to his cry for help.......future generations will be told of the Lord.”.  Jesus rocked the world.  This is just one of many reasons there is BC, Before Christ, and, AD (Anno Domini) in the year of our Lord.