Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
Some of those standing by heard this, and said: "The man is calling for Elijah!"
New American Standard Bible
And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, began saying, “This man is calling for Elijah.”
King James Version
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
Holman Bible
When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling for Elijah!”
International Standard Version
When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling for Elijah."
A Conservative Version
And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls Elijah.
American Standard Version
And some of them stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.
Amplified
When some of the bystanders there heard it, they began saying, “This man is calling for
An Understandable Version
And when some of those standing there heard this, they said, "This man is calling for Elijah."
Anderson New Testament
Some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, said: This man calls for Elijah.
Bible in Basic English
And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.
Common New Testament
When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "This man is calling Elijah."
Daniel Mace New Testament
some of the standers by, when they heard that, said, he calls upon Elias.
Darby Translation
And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls for Elias.
Godbey New Testament
And certain ones of those standing there hearing, said, He is calling Elijah.
Goodspeed New Testament
Some of the bystanders when they heard it said, "The man is calling for Elijah!"
John Wesley New Testament
Some of them that stood there hearing it, said, He calleth Elijah.
Julia Smith Translation
And some of them standing there, having heard, said, That he calls Elias.
King James 2000
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elijah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And some of those who were standing there, [when they] heard [it], said, "This man is summoning Elijah!"
Modern King James verseion
Some of those who stood there, when they heard, said, This one calls for Elijah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that said, "This man calleth for Elijah."
Moffatt New Testament
On hearing this some of the bystanders said, "He is calling for Elijah."
Montgomery New Testament
When they heard this, some of the bystanders said "He is calling for Elijah!"
NET Bible
When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, "This man is calling for Elijah."
New Heart English Bible
Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."
Noyes New Testament
Some of those standing there, when they heard this, said, This man is calling for Elijah.
Sawyer New Testament
And some of those standing there hearing him, said, He calls for Elijah.
The Emphasized Bible
Now certain of them who were there standing, when they heard, began to say - This man, calleth, Elijah.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then some of those who stood there, hearing him, said, This man is calling out for Elias.
Webster
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elijah.
Weymouth New Testament
"The man is calling for Elijah," said some of the bystanders.
Williams New Testament
Some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, "He is calling for Elijah."
World English Bible
Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."
Worrell New Testament
And some of those standing there, hearing it, said, "This One is calling for Elijah.
Worsley New Testament
And some of them that stood by, hearing Him, said, He calls upon Elias:
Youngs Literal Translation
And certain of those standing there having heard, said -- 'Elijah he doth call;'
Themes
death » Scenes of » Death of jesus
Jesus Christ » History of » Crucified (just outside jerusalem)
Interlinear
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histemi
Houtos
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 27:47
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Dies On The Cross
46 And about three Jesus called out loudly: "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabacthani"--that is to say, 'O my God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?' 47 Some of those standing by heard this, and said: "The man is calling for Elijah!" 48 One of them immediately ran and took a sponge, and, filling it with common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink.
Cross References
Matthew 11:14
And--if you are ready to accept it--John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.
Mark 15:35-36
Some of those standing round heard this, and said: "Listen! He is calling for Elijah!"