Matthew 27:47 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. ”

Matthew 27:47 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This man calleth for Elias - This was done purposely to deride him and his pretensions to be the Messiah. The words “Eli, Eli,” they might easily pretend that they understood to mean Elias, or so...
Matthew 27:47 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for (p) Elias. (p) They allude to Elias' name, not because they did not understand what he said, but because of a prof...
Matthew 27:47 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Death of Jesus ( Mark 15:33-41 *, Luke 23:44-49 ). Matthew 27:48 f. is to be preferred to Mark 15:36 . vv. Matthew 27:51-53 is found only in Mt., and may have as its basis Ezekiel 37...
Matthew 27:47 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Elias. Greek for Elijah. Mistaken by the hearers for the Hebrew (or Aramaic) 'eliy-yah.
Matthew 27:47 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

47. He calleth Elijah. Those who consider this as spoken by the soldiers, ignorant and unskilled in the Syriac language, and unacquainted with the Jewish religion, and who imagine that the s...
Matthew 27:47 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Some of them that stood there, when they heard that , said, This man calleth for Elias. This man calleth for Elias - Probably these were Hellenistic Jews, who did not fully understand the meaning...
Matthew 27:47 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

This man calleth for Elias— Though Jesus spoke in the vulgar dialect, some of the people present did not understand him; for they fancied that he called upon the prophet Elijah to help him. Hence s...
Matthew 27:47 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof he would not drink They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would n...
Matthew 27:47 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
Matthew 27:47 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This man calleth for Elias. — There is no ground for looking on this as a wilful, derisive misinterpretation. The words may have been imperfectly understood, or some of those who listened may have...
Matthew 27:47 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large pr...
Matthew 27:47 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Broken Heart and the Rent Veil Matthew 27:45-56 With hushed hearts we stand in the presence of “that sight.” It is the tragedy of time; the one supreme act of self-surrender; the unique una...
Matthew 27:47 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out...
Matthew 27:47 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. (33) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,...
Matthew 27:47 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Some of them that stood there ,.... Near the cross, looking on, and mocking at him, when they heard that ; the words, "Eli, Eli", spoken by Christ, said, this man calleth for Elias . These could...
Matthew 27:47 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Some of them that stood there, when they heard that , said, This man calleth for Elias. Ver. 47. This man calleth for Elias ] A malicious mistake, a devilish sarcasm. While darkness was upon t...
Matthew 27:47 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Jerus...
Matthew 27:47 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to t...
Matthew 27:47 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 vi...
Matthew 27:47 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 27:50 " .
Matthew 27:47 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Final Farewell (27:27-54). In sober words Matthew now portrays what Jesus had to endure from the moment when He was handed over to His executioners to be mocked as ‘the King of the Jews' to th...
Matthew 27:47 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 27:45 . From the sixth hour. —The first three Gospels agree as to time and fact. Assuming them to follow the usual Jewish reckoning (as in Acts 2:15 ; Acts 3:1 ; Acts 1...
Matthew 27:47 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:26-51 (with Mark 15:15-37 ) Christ on the Cross. Christ on the Cross is our subject. You know His history, And when you read, "The people stood beholding" you will be ready to add,...
Matthew 27:47 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15-30 . Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a nota...
Matthew 27:47 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance bef...
Matthew 27:47 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 Jesus brought to Pilate. ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 .) Matthew 27:1 When the morning was come. This is the e...
Matthew 27:47 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The last hours of suffering:
Matthew 27:47 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Malachi 4:5 ; Mark 15:35 ; Mark 15:36 ; Matthew 11:14

Matthew 27:47 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 27:47 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 27:47 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 27:47 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 27:47 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 27:47 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 27:47 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 27:47 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:47 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 27:47 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:47 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 27:47 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 27:47 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 27:47 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 27:47 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge