Matthew 27:47
“Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.”
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.
Related Verses
“And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.”
“The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.”
“And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.”
“Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.”
“And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?”