Matthew 27:47

Good News Translation

Some of the people standing there heard him and said, “He is calling for Elijah!”

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

and if you are willing to believe their message, John is Elijah, whose coming was predicted.

At about three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why did you abandon me?”

One of them ran up at once, took a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, put it on the end of a stick, and tried to make him drink it.