Christ never suffered upon the cross. From the time the crucifixion began His soul was in Heaven and He felt nothing but the Divine Presence. He did not say, speaking in Aramaic: “O God; O God why hast Thou forsaken me?” But this word Sabacthani is similar in sound to another which means glorify, and he actually murmured, “O God! O God! How thou dost glorify me.”
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha recorded by Mary Hanford Ford during her pilgrimage; Star of the West, vol. 24, no, 4, July 1933)