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Mat_27:25 Ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς , κ . τ . λ .] Defiant and vindictive cry, in the hurry of which ( τοιαύτη γὰρ ἡ ὁρμὴ κ . ἡ πονηρὰ ἐπιθυμία , Chrysostom) the verb is left to be understood (Mat_23:35). Comp. 2Sa_1:16, and see on Act_18:6. From what we know of such wild outbursts of popular fanaticism, there is no ground for supposing (Strauss; comp. also Keim, Scholten, Volkmar) that the language only represents the matter as seen from the standpoint of Christians, by whom the destruction of the Jews had come to be regarded as a judgment for putting Jesus to death. And as for their wicked imprecations on their own heads, they were only in accordance with the decrees of the divine nemesis, and therefore are to be regarded in the light of unconscious prophecy.