KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Matthew 27:45–49
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Matthew 27:45
45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
45Now from the sixth houre there was darkenesse ouer all the land vnto the ninth houre.
Matthew 27:46
46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
46And about the ninth houre, Iesus cried with a loud voyce, saying, Eli, Eli, Lamasabachthani, that is to say, *My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mee?
- Psal. 22.1.
Matthew 27:47
47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
Matthew 27:48
48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
48And straightway one of them ran, and tooke a spunge, *and filled it with vineger, and put it on a reede, and gaue him to drinke.
- Psa. 69.22.
Matthew 27:49
49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
49The rest said, Let bee, let vs see whether Elias will come to saue him.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 27:45
The ordinal number corresponding to six; next after the fifth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
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The ordinal number following eighth and preceding tenth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Matthew 27:46
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
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The ordinal number following eighth and preceding tenth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Why?
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To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
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A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
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Deserted; left; abandoned.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Matthew 27:47
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Matthew 27:48
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
straightway
Immediately and without delay.
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The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A sponge: a porous substance that absorbs liquid.
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Made full; supplied with abundance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A sour acidic drink or liquid, sometimes specified as made from wine or strong drink.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
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Bestowed, delivered, granted, or caused, according to context.
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Matthew 27:49
Repose, relief, or cessation from labour; also what remains.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To perceive with the eyes; to behold, observe, understand, consider, experience, or take heed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Which of two; also introducing alternatives or uncertainty.
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To rescue, preserve, deliver, or keep from loss or danger.
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From verse 45
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Open the full verse study9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
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Open the full verse study33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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Open the full verse study3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
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Open the full verse study44And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
45And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
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Open the full verse study2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
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Open the full verse study25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
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Open the full verse study12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
From verse 46
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Open the full verse study1MY God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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Open the full verse study7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
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Open the full verse study10¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
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Open the full verse study34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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Open the full verse study28¶ After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
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Open the full verse study11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
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Open the full verse study46¶ And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
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Open the full verse study12¶ Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
From verse 47
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Open the full verse study5¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
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Open the full verse study35And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
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Open the full verse study14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
From verse 48
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Open the full verse study21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
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Open the full verse study29Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
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Open the full verse study36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
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Open the full verse study34¶ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
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