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Matthew 27:43

If he will have him - Or, if he delight in him - . The verbs and , are used by the Septuagint in more than forty places for the Hebrew chaphets , which signifies, earnestly to desire, or delight in. Now as this is a quotation from Psalms 22:8, He trusted in the Lord, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, ( ki chaphets bo ), for he Hath Delighted In Him: - ̔ , Sept. This will sufficiently vindicate the above translation; as the evangelist quotes the words from that version, with the simple change of , if, for ̔ , because.

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