Mark 15:36 meaning and explanation
And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
Mark 15:36, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Jesus has hung on the cross for hours, and darkness has covered the land. After his cry from Psalm 22, bystanders mishear Eloi, the Hebrew word for my God, as a call to Elijah, the prophet expected to return before the end.
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