Mat 27:49 | RWP | e4.org | Whether Elijah cometh to save him ( ε ερχετα Ελειας σωσων αυτον ). The excuse had a pious sound as they misunderstood the words of Jesus in his outcry of soul anguish. We have here one of the rare instances ( σωσων ) of the future participle to express purpose in the N.T. though a common Greek idiom. Some ancient MSS. add here what is genuine in , but what makes complete wreck of the context for in verse Jesus cried with a loud voice and was not yet dead in verse . It was a crass mechanical copying by some scribe from . See full discussion in my Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the N.T.

‏ Matthew 27:49

Whether Elijah cometh to save him ( ε ερχετα Ελειας σωσων αυτον ). The excuse had a pious sound as they misunderstood the words of Jesus in his outcry of soul anguish. We have here one of the rare instances ( σωσων ) of the future participle to express purpose in the N.T. though a common Greek idiom. Some ancient MSS. add here what is genuine in Joh 19:34, but what makes complete wreck of the context for in verse 50 Jesus cried with a loud voice and was not yet dead in verse 49. It was a crass mechanical copying by some scribe from Joh 19:34. See full discussion in my Introduction to the Textual Criticism of the N.T.