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A Prophecy Fulfilled by Mockers
Commentators unanimously highlight that this verse is a startlingly precise prophecy of the taunts Jesus faced on the cross, as recorded in Matthew 27:43. In a moment of profound irony, his enemies, intending to ridicule his faith, unknowingly fulfilled Scripture, thereby providing powerful evidence that he was the Messiah they were rejecting.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 22:8
18th Century
Theologian
He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him - The margin reads, He rolled himself on the Lord. This marginal note expresses th…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 22:8
19th Century
Bishop
He trusted.—The Septuagint renders it this way (). So, too, Ewald among moderns. But generally, the form gol (short for <…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 22:7–8
19th Century
Preacher
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: …
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John Gill
On Psalms 22:8
17th Century
Pastor
He trusted on the Lord, [that] he would deliver him
Not that they spoke in a deriding way of the object of his trust…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 22:1–10
17th Century
Minister
The Spirit of Christ, who was in the prophets, testifies clearly and fully in this psalm to the sufferings of Christ and the glory that would follo…