Matthew 27:42
“He saved others; himself he cannot save!” “If he is ‘King of Israel’ let him come down from the cross now and we will believe him!”
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
41Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders and Pharisees, said:
43“He trusted in God; let Him rescue him now, if He wants him; for he said, ‘I am God's Son.’”
Cross References
Matthew 27:37And they put the charge against Him over His head in writing: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
John 1:49In answer Nathanael says to Him: “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
John 12:13took branches from palm trees and went out to meet Him. And they started shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “King of Israel!”
Acts 4:14Further, seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
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 →