Matthew 27:39
And, they who were passing by, were reviling him, shaking their heads,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
In Context
38Then, are crucified with him, two robbers,—one on the right hand, and one on the left.
Cross References
Job 16:4I also, like you, could speak,—If your soul were in the place of my soul, I could string together words against you, and could therewith shake over you my head.
Psalms 22:6But, I, am a worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people;
Psalms 31:11By reason of all mine adversaries, have I become a reproach. Even to my neighbours, altogether, and a dread to mine acquaintance,—They who have seen me abroad, have fled from me:
Psalms 69:7Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face;
Psalms 109:2For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue;
Lamentations 1:12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Look around and see, whether there is pain like my pain, which is severely dealt out to me,—in that Yahweh, hath caused grief, in the day of the glow of his anger?
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 →