Matthew 27:41
In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,
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Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
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Psalms 22:12\22:11\Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.
Isaiah 28:22And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.
Zechariah 11:8And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
Luke 18:32For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame:
Luke 23:35And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.
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 →