Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 15:35 in context
Mark 15:32–38
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Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.
33
When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34
At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
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Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
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One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”
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Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.
38
The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.
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