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Mark 15:35-37
New English Translation
Mark 15:35-37
New English Translation
35 When some of the bystanders heard it they said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah!”[a] 36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine,[b] put it on a stick,[c] and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!” 37 But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last.
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- Mark 15:35 sn Perhaps the crowd thought Jesus was calling for Elijah because the exclamation “my God, my God” (i.e., in Aramaic, Eloi, Eloi) sounds like the name Elijah.
- Mark 15:36 sn Sour wine refers to cheap wine that was called in Latin posca, a cheap vinegar wine diluted heavily with water. It was the drink of slaves and soldiers, and was probably there for the soldiers who had performed the crucifixion.
- Mark 15:36 tn Grk “a reed.”
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