Matthew 27 · Verse 49

Matthew 27:49

The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
Matthew 27:49, King James Version

Matthew 27:49 in other translations

BSBBut the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”
WEBThe rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”
ASVAnd the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.
YLTbut the rest said, ‘Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come--about to save him.'
DARBYBut the rest said, Let be; let us see if Elias comes to save him.
BBEAnd the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.
WebsterThe rest said, Forbear, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.

What does Matthew 27:49 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 49. The rest said, etc. Still deriding his sufferings, and refusing to allow even the poor consolation of a drink, to assuage the thirst of the Saviour of the world in his dying agonies.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 49 After this verse, BCL and five others add, Another, taking a spear, pierced his side, and there came out blood and water. Several of the fathers add the same words here: they appear, however, to be an interpolation from Joh 19:34.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 27:45-50

During the three hours which the darkness continued, Jesus was in agony, wrestling with the powers of darkness, and suffering his Father's displeasure against the sin of man, for which he was now making his soul an offering. Never were there three such hours since the day God created man upon the earth, never such a dark and awful scene; it was the turning point of that great affair, man's redemption and salvation…

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Matthew 27:49 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οἱhoi<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
λοιποὶloipoithe restG3062
ἔλεγον·elegonwere saying;G3004
ἄφες,aphesWait!G863
ἴδωμενidōmenlet us seeG1492
εἰeiwhetherG1487
ἔρχεταιerchetaicomesG2064
ἨλίαςĒliasElijahG2243
σώσωνsōsōnto then saveG4982
αὐτόν.¶autonHim.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 27:48

    And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

  • Matthew 27:49

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

  • Matthew 27:50

    Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

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Matthew 27:49 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los otros decían: Deja, veamos si viene Elías á librarle.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais les autres disaient: Laisse, voyons si Élie vient pour le sauver.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Übrigen aber sagten: Halt, laßt uns sehen, ob Elias kommt, ihn zu retten!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ceteri vero dicebant: Sine, videamus an veniat Elias liberans eum.