He calleth Elijah (Ελειαν φωνε). They misunderstood the Ελω or Ελε (my God) for Elijah.

There was darkness over the whole land until this ninth hour.

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi…

The Venerable Bede: This most glorious light withdrew its rays from the world, so that it would not see the Lord hanging, and s…

The ignorant and heartless bystanders mistook the first words of Jesus’ cry to be a cry for Elijah. Elijah, regarded as the forerunner and helper o…

And some of them that stood by
The cross:

There was a thick darkness over the land, from noon until three in the afternoon. The Jews were doing their utmost to extinguish the Sun of Righteo…