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.

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