47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
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Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. …
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-49)We have here the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. I. The place where our Lord Jesus was put to death. 1. They came to a place called Golgotha, near adjoining to Jerusalem, probably the common place of execution. If he had had a house of his own in Jerusalem, probably, for his greater disgrace, they would have crucified him before his own door. But now in the same place where criminals were sacrifice…
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