Mat 27:49. Οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ, but the rest) i.e. of those present, opposed to those whose speech and conduct is related in Mat 27:47-48.[1210]-ἔλεγον, κ.τ.λ., said, etc.) After the fearful darkness, they return to their scoffs.-ἄφες, let be) They mean, that the aid of their companion [who offered the vinegar] is unnecessary, as Elias has been summoned.
[1210] Not, however, excluding the man who presented to Jesus, on a hyssop stick, the spunge filled with vinegar. We may readily suppose that this man was a Jew enlisted among the Roman soldiery. Comp. with this view Mar 15:36.-Harm., p. 574.