MARK 15:35 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.”
When some of those standing near heard this, they said, listen, he's calling Elijah — the misunderstanding of Eloi as Elijah (Eliyahu) may be deliberate mockery or genuine mishearing. Given the Aramaic pronunciation, the confusion is linguistically plausible. The Elijah expectation — that Elijah would come to rescue the righteous — is invoked as a test: let's see if Elijah comes.
Church Fathers on Mark 15:35
This most glorious light took away its rays from the world, lest it should see the Lord hanging, and lest the blasphemers should have the benefit of its light.
Luke added to this account the cause of the darkness, that is, the darkening of the sun.
If this had been the time for an eclipse, some one might have said that this which happened was natural, but it was the fourteenth moon, when no eclipse can take place.
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