Mark 15:35

35 And some of the men that stood about heard, and said, Lo! he calleth Elias.

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 And when the sixth hour was come, darknesses were made on [upon] all the earth till into the ninth hour [+till unto the ninth hour, that is, noon].
34 And in the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, and said [saying], Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani, that is to say [the which is interpreted], My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35 And some of the men that stood about heard, and said, Lo! he calleth Elias.
36 And one ran, and filled a sponge with vinegar, and putted about to a reed, and gave him to drink, and said [saying], Suffer ye, see we, if Elias come to do him down.
37 And Jesus gave out a great cry, and died. [+Forsooth Jesus, a great voice sent out, died, or sent out the breath/Forsooth, a great voice sent out, Jesus sent out the spirit, either died.]
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