Matthew 27:39

The people who were passing by insulted him by shaking their heads as if he were an evil man.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

In Context

38Two bandits were also nailed {They also nailed two bandits} on crosses. One was nailed to a cross on the right side of Jesus and one to a cross on the left side.

40They said, “You said you would destroy the Temple, and then you would build it again within three days! So if you could do that, you should be able to save yourself! If you are the man who is also God (OR, If you are the Son of God), come down from the cross!”

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Cross References

Job 16:4If it were you three and not I who were suffering, I could say the things that you are saying; I could make great speeches to criticize/condemn you, and I could shake my head at you to ridicule you.

Psalms 22:6But you have not rescued me People despise me and consider that I am not a man; they think that I am as worthless as a worm! Everyone [HYP] scorns me and despises me.

Psalms 31:11All of my enemies make fun of me, and even my neighbors despise me. Even my friends are afraid of me because they think I am being punished by God, and when they see me on the streets, they run away.

Psalms 69:7People have insulted/ridiculed me because I am devoted to you. They have thoroughly humiliated [IDM] me.

Psalms 109:2because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.

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 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 →

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