Matthew 27:42
He saved others; himself he can not save. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
41In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, derided him, and said:
43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he delights in him; for he said: I am the Son of God.
Cross References
Matthew 27:37And they placed above his head the charge that was made against him, written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
John 1:49Nathaniel said to him: How knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig-tree, I saw you.
John 12:13took branches of palm-trees, and went out to meet him, and cried: Hosanna, blessed is the king of Israel that comes in the name of the Lord.
Acts 4:14and, seeing the man who had been cured standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:34-50
The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS… Read the whole commentary →