Matthew 27:42
“He saved others, but he cannot save himself. If he is the king of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
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Matthew 27:37Over his head they placed the written charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
John 1:49Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, yoʋ are the Son of God! Yoʋ are the king of Israel!”
John 12:13they took palm branches and went out to meet him. They were crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”
Acts 4:14But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in opposition.
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 →