Mark 15:35

35 Some of the bystanders, hearing Him, said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

Mark 15:35 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:35

And some of them that stood by
The cross:

when they heard [it];
the loud voice of Jesus, and the words he uttered:

said, behold he calleth Elias;
whom they ignorantly, or wilfully took for Eloi; (See Gill on Matthew 27:47).

Mark 15:35 In-Context

33 At noon there came a darkness over the whole land, lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon.

34 But at three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Elohi, Elohi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"

35 Some of the bystanders, hearing Him, said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

36 Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."

37 But Jesus uttered a loud cry and yielded up His spirit.