Mark 15:29
The people who were passing by insulted him by shaking their heads as if here were an evil man. They said, “Aha! You said that you would destroy the Temple and then you would build it again within three days.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
30If you could do that, then rescue yourself by coming down from the cross!”
Cross References
Genesis 37:19They said to each other things like, “Here comes that dreamer!”
Psalms 22:12My enemies surround me like a herd/group of wild bulls. Fierce people, like those strong bulls that graze on the hills in Bashan area, encircle me.
Psalms 69:7People have insulted/ridiculed me because I am devoted to you. They have thoroughly humiliated [IDM] me.
Psalms 69:26Do this because they persecute those whom you have punished, ◄they talk about the sins of/they want to hurt even more► those whom you have wounded.
Lamentations 1:12You people who pass by, you do not [RHQ] seem to care at all about what has happened to us. Look around and see that there are no other [RHQ] people who are suffering like we are. Yahweh has caused us to suffer because he was extremely angry with us.
Matthew 26:61and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy God’s Temple and to rebuild it within three days.’”
Matthew Henry on Mark 15:23-33
The Crucifixion. 22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. 24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. 26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and… Read the whole commentary →