Matthew 27:49

But others said, Suffer thou; see we whether Elias come to deliver him. (But others said, Wait; let us see if Elijah shall come to save him.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

In Context

48And anon (or at once) one of them running, took and filled a sponge with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave (it) to him to drink.

50Forsooth Jesus again cried with a great voice, and (then) gave up the ghost [or sent out the spirit].

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:1And Elijah (the) Tishbite, of the dwellers of Gilead, said to Ahab, (As) The Lord God of Israel liveth, in whose sight I stand, dew and rain shall not be in these years, no but by the words of my mouth.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:34-50

The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS… Read the whole commentary →

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