"Some of them that stood there, when they heard {that}, said, This {man} calleth for Elias." — Matthew 27:47

Matthew 27:47 · KJV

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

— Matthew 27:47

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Verse 48

And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled {it} with vinegar, and put {it} on a reed, and gave him to drink.

Matthew 27 — Context

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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

And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled {it} with vinegar, and put {it} on a reed, and gave him to drink.

The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

Cross References

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

Mark 15:35-36

And some of them that stood by, when they heard {it}, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.

Matthew 11:14

And if ye will receive {it}, this is Elias, which was for to come.