Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 27:43

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 27:43 - 27:43

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 27:43 - 27:43

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43. πέποιθεν κ.τ.λ. See Psa 22:8 [LXX. Mat 21:9]: ἤλπισεν ἐπὶ Κύριον, ῥυσάσθω αὐτὸν σωσάτω αὐτὸν ὅτι θέλει αὐτόν. The chief priests unconsciously apply to the true Messiah the very words of a Messianic psalm.

εἰ θέλει αὐτόν. A late construction frequent in LXX. Cp. the quotation chs. Mat 9:13 and Mat 12:7 : ἔλεον θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν (Hos 6:6). On the still more unclassical idiom, θέλων ἐν ταπεινοφροσύνῃ, Col 2:18, see Bp. Lightfoot ad loc.