Matthew 27:42
and said: He gave life to others, his own life he cannot preserve. If he is the king of Israel, let him now descend from the cross, and we will believe in him. †
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
41So also the chief priests mocked, with the Scribes and Elders and Pharisees,
Cross References
Matthew 27:37And they placed over his head the cause of his death, in the writing: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
John 1:49Nathaniel answered, and said to him: Rabbi; thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
John 12:13took boughs of palm-trees, and went out to meet him. And they cried, and said: Hosanna, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!
Acts 4:14And they saw that the lame man, who had been healed, stood near them; and they could say nothing to confront 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 →