⁴⁷ Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.

⁵ “Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives.

³⁵ Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah. ³⁶ One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!”

¹⁴ And if you are willing to accept what I say, he is Elijah, the one the prophets said would come.^[a]