World English Bible
Matthew 27:47
“Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah.”
Verse in context — Matthew 27
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Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
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About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
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Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah.
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Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
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The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him.
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