Mark 15:35
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New International Version (©2011)
When some of those standing near heard this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah."

New Living Translation (©2007)
Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, "Behold, He is calling for Elijah."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "Look, He's calling for Elijah!"

International Standard Version (©2012)
When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "Listen! He's calling for Elijah!"

NET Bible (©2006)
When some of the bystanders heard it they said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And the people who heard among those standing there were saying, “He called to Elijah.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When some of the people standing there heard him say that, they said, "Listen! He's calling Elijah."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls Elijah.

American King James Version
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls Elias.

American Standard Version
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of the standers by hearing, said: Behold he calleth Elias.

Darby Bible Translation
And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls for Elias.

English Revised Version
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah.

Weymouth New Testament
Some of the bystanders, hearing Him, said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

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

Young's Literal Translation
And certain of those standing by, having heard, said, 'Lo, Elijah he doth call;'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

15:33-41 There was a thick darkness over the land, from noon until three in the afternoon. The Jews were doing their utmost to extinguish the Sun of Righteousness. The darkness signified the cloud which the human soul of Christ was under, when he was making it an offering for sin. He did not complain that his disciples forsook him, but that his Father forsook him. In this especially he was made sin for us. When Paul was to be offered as a sacrifice for the service saints, he could joy and rejoice, Php 2:17; but it is another thing to be offered as a sacrifice for the sin of sinners. At the same instant that Jesus died, the veil of the temple was rent from the top to the bottom. This spake terror to the unbelieving Jews, and was a sign of the destruction of their church and nation. It speaks comfort to all believing Christians, for it signified the laying open a new and living way into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. The confidence with which Christ had openly addressed God as his Father, and committed his soul into his hands, seems greatly to have affected the centurion. Right views of Christ crucified will reconcile the believer to the thought of death; he longs to behold, love, and praise, as he ought, that Saviour who was wounded and pierced to save him from the wrath to come.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 35. - Notwithstanding the supernatural darkness, there were those who lingered about the cross. Indeed, the darkness would add greatly to the awfulness of the place. It was out of that darkness that the voice of Jesus was heard; and inasmuch as Elias, or Elijah, was believed to hold some relation to the Messiah, it was natural for some of those who stood by to understand the words to mean that our Lord was actually calling for Elias.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

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The Death of Jesus
33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34And 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? 35And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls Elias. …

Mark 15:34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?").
Mark 15:36 Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said.