The Cry from the Cross | The Gospels | Mark 15:33–47

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🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Why did Jesus quote Psalm 22 in his final moments? Why does it sound more like desperation than victory? What does his agony reveal about God’s heart toward you? In today’s episode, Tanya walks through Mark 15:33–47 and shows how Jesus bore the agony of spiritual separation in our place so we could be fully known, fully loved, and never abandoned. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passage: Mark 15:33-47

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life
0:09.2	in the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Tanya Wilmuth.
0:13.2	I work in public relations, and if Christianity was my client or my brand, which is not,
0:18.1	obviously, I would not choose the final words Jesus said on the cross as a way to, as we say, amplify and elevate.
0:26.2	I would not choose these words because they sound more like desperation than leadership.
0:31.6	Why then did the early writers include them in their accounts of the resurrection?
0:36.6	The fact of their existence is the
0:38.6	best evidence that these words must have been spoken. This must be true. Why else would they be
0:43.5	recorded here? But when Jesus spoke those words, he was not thinking about brain reputation or
0:49.1	thought leadership. He was thinking of the one thing he did not have before he came to earth to take on flesh and die on the cross.
0:56.7	He was thinking of us.
0:58.9	We were the reason he voluntarily came to suffer and die.
1:02.4	We were the reason he went at the Father's will to the cross.
1:05.8	We are the reason he spoke these words.
1:08.4	My God, my God.
1:10.2	Why have you abandoned me? When Jesus cried out these words,
1:14.5	he was experiencing something infinitely more painful than the crucifixion itself. He didn't cry,
1:20.8	my feet, my side, my body. He cried out to God as he experienced the agony of being spiritually separated from the
1:29.0	presence of his father. You and I have experienced the pain of separation. It's painful when a good
1:35.3	friend moves away. My friend moved to St. Louis a few years ago, and I remember just this pain of
1:40.9	that separation. It is painful when a child leaves home to go to college.
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