Matthew 27:43

41 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the¹ scribes and elders, said,

42 “He ^asaved others; Himself He cannot save.¹ If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe² Him.

43 ^aHe trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

44 ^aEven the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.

Jesus Dies on the Cross

45 ^aNow from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.

46 And about the ninth hour ^aJesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, ^b“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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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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