King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 27:47
“Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias.”
Verse in context — Matthew 27
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Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
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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?
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Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias.
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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.
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The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
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