Let him deliver him now (ρυσασθω νυν). They add the word "now" to Ps 21; 22:8. That is the point of the sneer at Christ's claim to…

He saved others. It does not seem probable that they meant to admit that he had actually saved others, but only that he pretended…

Let him deliver him now — At first, it seems hardly conceivable that the priests and scribes could have quoted the very words of P…

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.…

All the principal groups of the Sanhedrin do not addre Jesus directly but speak of him in the third person, in a stage whisper meant for his ears. …

He trusted in God. This, as I said a little while ago, is a very sharp arrow of temptation that Satan holds in his hand when he pretends t…

He trusted in God
That is, he pretended to claim an interest in him, to be high in his favour and esteem, and to hav…

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…