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Matthew 27:47
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Matthew 27:47
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
47 [a]Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “This one is calling for Elijah.”
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- 27:47 Elijah: see note on Mt 3:4. This prophet, taken up into heaven (2 Kgs 2:11), was believed to come to the help of those in distress, but the evidences of that belief are all later than the gospels.
Matthew 27:47
New International Version
Matthew 27:47
New International Version
47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”
Matthew 27:47
Easy-to-Read Version
Matthew 27:47
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47 Some of the people standing there heard this. They said, “He is calling Elijah.”[a]
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- Matthew 27:47 “He is calling Elijah” The word for “My God” ( Eli in Hebrew or Eloi in Aramaic) sounded to the people like the name of Elijah, a famous man who spoke for God about 850 B.C.
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