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Selected Verse: Luke 23:35 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 23:35 |
King James |
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
See the notes at Mat 27:41-44.
Luk 23:38
In letters of Greek ... - See the notes at Mat 27:37.
Luk 23:39
One of the malefactors - Matthew Mat 27:44 says "the thieves - cast the same in his teeth." See the apparent contradiction in these statements reconciled in the notes at that place.
If thou be Christ - If thou art the Messiah; if thou art what thou dost pretend to be. This is a taunt or reproach of the same kind as that of the priests in Luk 23:35.
Save thyself and us - Save our lives. Deliver us from the cross. This man did not seek for salvation truly; he asked not to be delivered from his sins; if he had, Jesus would also have heard him. Men often, in sickness and affliction, call upon God. They are earnest in prayer. They ask of God to save them, but it is only to save them from "temporal" death. It is not to be saved from their sins, and the consequence is, that when God "does" raise them up, they forget their promises, and live as they did before, as this robber "would" have done if Jesus had heard his prayer and delivered him from the cross. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
people
Jesus crucified is the true touchstone revealing what the world is: "The people stood beholding" in stolid indifference; the rulers, who wanted religion, but without a divine Christ crucified for their sins, "reviled"; the brutal amongst them mocked or railed; the conscious sinner prayed; the covetous sat down before the cross and played their sordid game. The cross is the judgment of this world. (Joh 12:31). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Beholding
See on Luk 10:18.
Scoffed
See on Luk 16:14.
If he
The A. V. does not give the contemptuous emphasis on οὗτος, this fellow. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| If thou be the Christ; Luk 23:37. If thou be the king - The priests deride the name of Messiah: the soldiers the name of king. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Derided him - Treated him with the utmost contempt, εξεμυκτηριζον, in the most infamous manner. See the meaning of this word explained, Luk 16:14 (note). |
35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.