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Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can`t save himself.
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The Gospel in a Taunt
Commentators highlight the profound, unintentional truth in the leaders' mockery. When they jeered, "He saved others; himself he cannot save," they were speaking the essence of the gospel. As Charles Spurgeon notes, it wasn't a lack of power but an abundance of "mighty love" that held Jesus to the cross. To fulfill his mission of saving humanity, he could not save himself from that fate.
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19th Century
Baptist
And those who passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, you who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yoursel…
The chief priests and teachers of the law were also there to add their mockery to that of those who passed by. This must have been especially diffi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Likewise also the chief priests mocking Or "laughed at one another", as the Syriac version renders it, having gained thei…
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Presbyterian
The place where our Lord Jesus was crucified was called the Place of a Skull; it was the common place of execution, for He was in all respects numb…
