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The Book of Mark, Chapter 15, Verse 36

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And some of them that stood by, when they heard [it], said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
King James Version
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
American Standard Version
And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him down.
New English Translation
Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.
World English Bible
One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."
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And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
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And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
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And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
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There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
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(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
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And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
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Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
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And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling [unto him] the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
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And when he knew [it] of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
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And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.