Matthew 27:47

Webster's Bible (1833)

Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."

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  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
  • Matt 11:14 : 14 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
  • Mark 15:35-36 : 35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." 36 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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  • Mark 15:34-37
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    34At 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?"

    35Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."

    36One 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."

    37Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.

  • Matt 27:48-50
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    48Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.

    49The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him."

    50Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

  • Matt 27:39-46
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    39Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

    40and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

    41Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees,{TR omits "the Pharisees"} and the elders, said,

    42"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

    43He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

    44The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.

    45Now from the sixth hour{noon} there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.{3:00 P. M.}

    46About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima{TR reads "lama" instead of "lima"} sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

  • Luke 23:34-39
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    34Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

    35The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

    36The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,

    37and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"

    38An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

    39One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!"

  • Matt 17:12
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    12but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them."

  • John 12:29
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    29The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

  • Mark 15:32
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    32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.{TR omits "him"}" Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

  • Mark 15:39
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    39When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

  • Matt 16:14
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    14They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

  • Mark 9:13
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    13But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."

  • Mark 9:11
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    11They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

  • Matt 27:22-23
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    22Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

    23But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

  • Mark 8:28
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    28They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."

  • Mark 6:15
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    15But others said, "It is Elijah." Others said, "It is the Prophet, or like one of the prophets."

  • Mark 15:29-30
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    29Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

    30save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

  • Luke 23:46-47
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    46Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last.

    47When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."

  • John 7:25
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    25Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?

  • John 19:29
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    29Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.

  • Matt 27:54
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    54Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."

  • Matt 20:32
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    32Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

  • Luke 9:19
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    19They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."

  • Mark 15:13
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    13They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

  • Matt 27:36-37
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    36and they sat and watched him there.

    37They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

  • Matt 17:10
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    10His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

  • Matt 27:33-34
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    33They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, "The place of a skull."

    34They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.

  • Luke 18:37
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    37They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

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    1> My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

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    8and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.