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Matthew 27:49

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Jesus, when he had cried again,.... "A second time", as the Persic version; for he had cried once before, and expressed the words he did, as in Mat 27:46, what he now delivered were, "Father, into thy…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The rest said ... - 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.

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Let be We must understand this to mean either (1) leave him, do not assist him; or (2) leave it, do not give the draught to him; or (3) "Let be" in the Greek coalesces with the verb following, and =…