ἄφες : either redundant coalescing with ἴδωμεν = let us see (cf. chap. Matthew 7:4), age videamus, Grotius (vide also Burton, M. T., § 161), or meaning: hold, stop, don't give Him the drink, let us see whether Elias will come (ἔρχεται, comes without fail) to help Him. The latter is the more probable. The λοιποὶ belong to the scoffing crew. The remainder of this verse about the spear thrust another, final, act of mercy, though attested by important MSS., seems to be imported from John 19:34. It is omitted in R. V [159]

[159] Revised Version.

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