Matthew 27:47

So upon hearing it some of the bystanders said, “This man is calling Elijah.”

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

In Context

46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice saying, “ Eli, Eli, lima sabachtani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have You abandoned me?”

48Right then one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed and started to give Him a drink;

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14and if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:34-50

The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS… Read the whole commentary →

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