A moment in scripture

Matthew 27:47

"

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

"
Matthew 27:47Read chapter (KJV) KJV

The surrounding passage

  1. Matthew 27:45

    Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

  2. Matthew 27:46

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

  3. Matthew 27:48

    And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

  4. Matthew 27:49

    The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

Read all of Matthew 27 →

Download verse card

Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.