Matthew 27:47

When they heard this, some of the bystanders said "He is calling for Elijah!"

Montgomery 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

46But at three o’clock Jesus cried out in loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?" (That is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?")

48At once, one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filling it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:14"and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was 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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