Wagging their heads (κινουντες τας κεφαλας αυτων). Probably in mock commiseration. "Jews again appear on the scene, with a malice …

Wagging their heads. As a sign of derision and insult. See Job 16:4; Psalms 109:25.

Those who passed by—These words bring before us a picture of a lounging crowd, strolling from one cross to another and mocking the…

And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the…

St. John Chrysostom: Having stripped and crucified Christ, they go even further, and seeing Him on the cross, they revile Him.…

Crucifixion was always carried out publicly as a warning to others. A public execution provided opportunity for those walking by to “hurl insults” …

And they that passed by. These circumstances carry great weight, for they place before us the extreme abasement of the Son of God, that we…

And those who pa ed by In the road to or from Jerusalem; for, it seems, the cro es were placed by the wayside; or they wh…

It was customary to shame criminals by posting a written notice of the crime for which they suffered. So they placed such a notice over Christ's he…

After relating His condemnation, His Pa ion and death are treated here; and secondly, His burial is treated, where it is said, And when…