Mark 15:35

35 Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet 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, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.

34 Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”

35 Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.

36 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!”

37 Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last.