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"When some of the bystanders heard it they said,
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'Listen, he's calling for Elijah.'"
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Well he's not calling for Elijah;
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it's just that the word--the Aramaic word eloi,
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eloi sounds like the name Elijah,
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so people standing around misunderstand things that are happening.
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It's not just people standing around,
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the disciples--in Mark, the disciples themselves,
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the people who are closest to Jesus,
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are the ones who get it wrong the most.
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I hope you noticed this when you were reading this text before class,
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is that, repeatedly, Jesus has to explain things to