Matthew 27:47 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, This Man is calling for Elijah!

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

After hearing him, some standing there said, “He’s calling Elijah.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then certain ones who were standing and listening there said, "This man calls upon Elijah."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 27:47 Cross References

Malachi 4:5

See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Matthew 11:14

and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

Matthew 27:46

And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Matthew 27:48

At once one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.