Mat_27:42 Parallelism similar to that of Mat_27:40.
καὶ
πιστεύομεν
(see the critical remarks)
ἐπʼ
αὐτῷ
: and we believe on Him (at once), that is, as actually being the Messiah.
ἐπί
with the dative (Luk_24:25) conveys the idea that the faith would rest upon Him. So also Rom_9:33; Rom_10:11; 1Ti_1:16; 1Pe_2:6.