Matthew 27:42
“He saved others; he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
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In The King James Version
In Context
41And similarly, the leaders of the priests, with the scribes and the elders, mocking him, said:
43He trusted in God; so now, let God free him, if he wills him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
Cross References
Matthew 27:37And they set his accusation above his head, written as: This is Jesus, king of the Jews.
John 1:49Nathanael answered him and said: “Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel.”
John 12:13took branches of palm trees, and they went ahead to meet him. And they were crying out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who arrives in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!”
Acts 4:14Also, seeing the man who had been cured standing with them, they were unable to say anything to contradict them.
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 →