Mat 27:43 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 43. If he will have him ] Or, if he delight in him -ει θελειαυτον. The verbs θελω and εθελω, 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 , He trusted in the Lord, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him , ( ki chaphets bo ,) for he HATH DELIGHTED IN HIM:-οτιθελειαυτον, Sept. This will sufficiently vindicate the above translation; as the evangelist quotes the words from that version, with the simple change of ει, if , for οτι, because .

‏ Matthew 27:43

Verse 43. If he will have him] Or, if he delight in him-ει θελειαυτον. The verbs θελω and εθελω, 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 Ps 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:-οτιθελειαυτον, Sept. This will sufficiently vindicate the above translation; as the evangelist quotes the words from that version, with the simple change of ει, if, for οτι, because.