Matthew 27:47 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 27:47

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And some of them that stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth Elijah.

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

It follows, Some of them that stood by, &c.; some, not all; whom I suppose to have been Roman soldiers, ignorant of Hebrew, but from the words Eli, Eli, thought that He called upon Elias. But if we prefer to suppose them Jews, they do it after their usual manner, that they may accuse the Lord of weakness in thus invoking Elias.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 pervert them. The taunt would be more cutting, because it was the universal belief of the Jews, as well as the doctrine of Christ, that “Elias” would come before the Messiah.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τινὲς	Tines	Some	G5100 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
τῶν	tōn	of those who	G3588 →
ἐκεῖ	ekei	there	G1563 →
ἑστηκότων	hestēkotōn	having stood	G2476 →
ἀκούσαντες	akousantes	listening	G191 →
ἔλεγον	elegon	were saying	G3004 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
Ἠλίαν	Ēlian	Elijah	G2243 →
φωνεῖ	phōnei	calls	G5455 →
οὗτος.	houtos	this [man].	G3778 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
leads to
- Luke 1:17
  And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 17:10–13
  The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 9:11–13
  And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 11:13–14
  For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
- Malachi 3:1
  “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He…
Through
Matthew 11:14
And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
leads to
- Malachi 4:5
  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- John 1:21–23
  “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew