Matthew 27:47

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.

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  • Mal 4:5 : 5 See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.
  • Matt 11:14 : 14 And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.
  • Mark 15:35-36 : 35 And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah. 36 And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

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    35 And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

    36 And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.

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    48 And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.

    49 And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.

    50 And Jesus gave another loud cry, and gave up his spirit.

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    39 And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

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    41 In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,

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    43 He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.

    44 And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.

    45 Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

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    36 And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine,

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    38 And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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