Matthew 27:49

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 27:33-49

We have here the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. I. The place where our Lord Jesus was put to death. 1. They came to a place called Golgotha, near adjoining to Jerusalem, probably the common place of execution. If he had had a house of his own in Jerusalem, probably, for his greater disgrace, they would have crucified him before his own door. But now in the same place where criminals were sacrificed to the justice of the government, was our Lord Jesus sacrificed to the justice of God. Some... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 27:45-50

27:45-50 From twelve o'clock midday darkness came over the earth until three o'clock in the afternoon. About three o'clock in the afternoon Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" (that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?") Some of those who were standing there heard this, and said, "This man is calling for Elias." And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, "Let be!... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:49

The rest said, let be ,.... The others, to whom he belonged, that fetched the sponge, said to him, let him alone, keep at a distance from him, give him nothing to drink: let us see whether Elias will come to save him ; whom the Jews looked upon to be the forerunner of the Messiah, and therefore suggest, that should he come to save him, they would believe he was the Messiah; and they had a mighty notion of Elias appearing to persons frequently F19 Vid. Juchasin, fol. 79. 1. & 86.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:49

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 John 19:34 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:35-50

The Crucifixion. I. THE ROMAN SOLDIERS . 1 . They crucified him. The evangelists relate the awful deed with that grand simplicity which is characteristic of Holy Scripture. There is no rhetorical description, nothing sensational in their accounts. But it was beyond all comparison the most stupendous event that has ever happened on this earth of ours. They crucified him. He was the Son of God, the Word of the Father, by whom all things were made. He was the Brightness of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:45-50

Supernatural darkness. Last words, and death of Jesus. ( Mark 15:33-37 ; Luke 23:44-46 ; John 19:28-30 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:45-54

Prodigy rebuking levity. Levity had diabolical revelry while the blessed Lord Jesus meekly suffered injustice the most outrageous, and cruelty the most refined. At its height it was rebuked— I. BY A HORROR OF DARKNESS . 1 . This was preternatural . 2 . It was portentous . II. BY THE RENDING OF THE TEMPLE 'S VEIL . 1 . This also was preternatural . 2 . This too was portentous . III. BY THE PORTENTS FROM THE EARTH . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 27:49

The rest [ but the rest ] said, Let be ( ἀ ì φες ). This is a common expression, meaning, "Stand off!" "Be quiet!" "Soft!" The bystanders addressed the person who had presented the drink. In St. Mark the verb is in the plural, ἀ ì φετε , that is, the giver of the drink calls upon the others to keep quiet and wait. Let as see whether Elias will come ( ἐ ì ρχεται , cometh, is coming). They speak in a kind of superstitious mockery, half deriding and half believing... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 27:49

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. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 27:47-49

Matthew 27:47-49. Some said, This man calleth for Elias These must have been some of the strangers, of whom there was always a great concourse at the passover, who did not understand the dialect then spoken in Jerusalem. And one of them ran, &c. Jesus knowing that he had now accomplished every thing required by God of the Messiah, and foretold by the prophets, excepting that circumstance of his sufferings, which was predicted Psalms 69:21, In my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink, ... read more

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