King James Version
Matthew 27:49 in the King James Version says “The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.”
Matthew 27:49 · KJV
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said , This man calleth for Elias.
And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“said”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“let us see”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“will come”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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