Matthew 27:42
"He saved others," they said, "himself he cannot save! He is the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
41In like manner the High Priests also, together with the Scribes and the Elders, taunted Him.
43His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; for he said, `I am God's Son.'"
Cross References
Matthew 27:37Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
John 1:49"Rabbi," cried Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are Israel's King!"
John 12:13took branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, shouting as they went, "God save him! Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord --even on the King of Israel!"
Acts 4:14And seeing the man standing with them--the man who had been cured--they had no reply to make.
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 →