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Mat_27:39 Οἱ δὲ παραπορ .] That what is here said seems to imply, what would ill accord with the synoptic statement as to the day on which our Lord was crucified, that this took place on a working day (Fritzsche, de Wette), is not to be denied (comp. on Joh_18:28; Mar_15:21), though it cannot be assumed with certainty that such was the case. But there can be no doubt that the place of execution was close to a public thoroughfare.
κινοῦντες τὰς κεφ . αὐτ .] The shaking of the head here is not to be regarded as that which expresses refusal or passion (Hom. Il. xviii. 200, 442; Od. v. 285, 376), but, according to Psa_22:8, as indicating a malicious jeering at the helplessness of one who had made such lofty pretensions, Mat_27:40. Comp. Job_16:4; Psa_109:25; Lam_2:15; Isa_37:22; Jer_18:16; Buxt. Lex. Talm. p. 2039; Justin, Ap. I. 38.