47And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls for Elias.


In Context

44 And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.

45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour;

46 but about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

47 And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls for Elias.

48 And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge, having filled it with vinegar and fixed it on a reed, gave him to drink.

49 But the rest said, Let be; let us see if Elias comes to save him.

Matthew 27:47 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:47Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that,] said, This [man] calleth for Elias.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:47And some that stood there and heard, said: This man calleth Elias.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:47And some of them stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:47And some of them that stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elijah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:47Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, |This man is calling Elijah.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:47And certain of those standing there having heard, said — 'Elijah he doth call;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elias.