Matthew 27:49
47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
48 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.
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 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;
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”
- KJV
- The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
- WEB
- The rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”
- ASV
- And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.
- DARBY
- But the rest said, Let be; let us see if Elias comes to save him.
- BLB
- And the rest were saying, “Let [it] be. Let us see whether Elijah comes to save Him.”
- ÅB
- Men de andre sa: «Vent, la oss se om Elias kommer for å frelse ham!»
- OTB
- De andre sa: "La Ham være. La oss se om Elia kommer for å redde Ham."
- B1930
- Men de andre sa: Vent, la oss se om Elias kommer for å frelse ham!