John Chrysostom

And for this reason, even after this He speaks, that they might learn that He was still alive, and that He Himself did this, and that they might become by this also more gentle, and He saith, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that unto His last breath they might see that He honors His Father, and is no adversary of God. …

Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 88 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? Jesus speaks prophetically in the Hebrew tongue to show that He does not contend with the Old Testament. He said, "Why hast Thou forsaken Me?" (Ps. 21:1). to show that He was truly man, and not just in appearance. For man avidly desires life and has a physical appetite for it. …

Commentary on Matthew ↗

Jerome

And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lammasabacthani, which means: My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? He made use of the beginning of the twenty-first psalm, and that which is read in the middle of the verse: Look upon me, for it is useless. For it is read in Hebrew: My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? …

Commentary on Matthew ↗

Hilary of Poitiers

From these words heretical spirits contend either that God the Word was entirely absorbed into the soul at the time it discharged the function of a soul in quickening the body; or that Christ could not have been born man, because the Divine Word dwelt in Him after the manner of a prophetical spirit. …

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice." Here he sets forth the cry of Christ. And first, the cry is set forth; second, the effect, at "and some that stood there etc." He says therefore "and about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice." According to Origen, Christ cries with a loud voice, and it signifies the multitude of mysteries. …

Commentary on Matthew ↗