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The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
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A Mockery That Admits Truth
Commentators note the profound irony in the rulers' taunt, "He saved others." In their attempt to mock Jesus, they actually admitted to His well-known history of miraculous healings. Their words, meant as scorn, unintentionally confirmed the power Jesus had demonstrated throughout His ministry.
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The people stood beholding (ιστηκε). Past perfect active of ιστημ, intransitive and like imperfect. A graphic picture of the dazed…
19th Century
Anglican
And the rulers also with them derided him.—Luke uses the generic term for the members of the Sanhedrin, whom Matthew spec…
Baptist
And the rulers also with them derided him,
Laughed at him, made him the object of coarse jests.
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Luke’s wording here suggests that the “people” (see comment on vv.13–16) are still passive rather than hostile, while everyone else, “even” the rul…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the people stood beholding This dismal and affecting sight; insulting and reviling him, and wagging their heads …
Presbyterian
As soon as Christ was fastened to the cross, He prayed for those who crucified Him. The great thing He died to purchase and procure for us is the f…
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