Mark 15:35

35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling 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 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? ”which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? ”

35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah. ”

36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down. ”

37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.