Malachi 4:5; Mark 15:35; Mark 15:36; Matthew 11:14
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...
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...
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...
Elias. Greek for Elijah. Mistaken by the hearers for the Hebrew (or Aramaic) 'eliy-yah.
47. He calleth Elijah. Those who consider this as spoken by the soldiers, ignorant and unskilled in the Syriac language, and unacquainted wi...
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that , said, This man calleth for Elias. This man calleth for Elias - Probably these were Hellenist...
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 c...
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 wit...
Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
Calleth for Elias] RV 'calleth Elijah.' 'No Jew could have mistaken Eli for the name of Elijah, nor yet misinterpreted a quotation of Psalms 22:...
This man calleth for Elias. — There is no ground for looking on this as a wilful, derisive misinterpretation. The words may have been imperfectly u...
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...
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...
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...
"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 cal...
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...
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 mist...
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 d...
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 de...
The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is...
See Poole on " Matthew 27:50 " .
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 executi...
Divine Vindication. Jesus Is The Son of God (27:45-54). By now Jesus had been on the cross about three hours, and around noon an extraordinary eve...
‘And some of those who were stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge,...
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...
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...
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 p...
Our Lord was brought before the Roman governor Pilate. He was anxious to let Jesus go; but he was a weak-minded man, easily swayed by the noisy cry o...
Matthew 27:27-30 . Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they st...
Matthew 27:32 . And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. Perhaps they were afraid...
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 J...
EXPOSITION Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 Jesus brought to Pilate. ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 .) Matthew 2...
The last hours of suffering:
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.