"He is calling Elijah"

[Giuseppe]

You are not the first to realize that Elijah is the euhemerization of the Sun. It is the discovery of the hot water. Replace Elijah with the Sun and you have the same problem just as before : the not coming of the Sun and the rapid death of Jesus provoked surprise on the people around. Is this a valid reason to be surprised, contra factum that Mark wants us believe that this is a reason of the surprise of the people around? No, it is too much clumsy as reason. It is editorial fatigue.