Matthew 27:41

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,

American Standard Version (1901)

In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

Bible in Basic English

In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and ancients, mocking, said:

Free Bible Version

The chief priests mocked him in the same way, along with the religious teachers and elders.

Geneva Bible 1599

Likewise also the hie Priests mocking him, with the Scribes, and Elders, and Pharises, said,

King James (Authorized) Version

Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

One Unity Resource Bible

Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the Torah-Teachers, the Pharisees [Separated], and the elders, said,

Translation for Translators

Similarly, the chief priests, the men who taught the Jewish laws and the elders made fun of him. Various ones of them said things like,

Unlocked Literal Bible

In the same way the chief priests were mocking him, along with the scribes and elders, and said,

Noah Webster Bible

Likewise also the chief priests mocking him , with the scribes and elders, said,

World English Bible

Likewise the chief priests also mocking with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

Young's Literal Translation

And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

Context

The Crucifixion

⁴⁰and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”⁴¹In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,⁴²“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

Sermons

The Secret of Discernment

Zac Poonen

Summary

In this verse, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mock Jesus while He is on the cross, saying that if He is the Son of God, He should come down from the cross. Their taunts reveal their lack of understanding and faith in who Jesus truly is, despite witnessing His miracles and teachings. This moment captures the fulfillment of Jesus' sacrificial mission, as He chooses to endure the cross for the salvation of humanity, rather than saving Himself to prove His divinity. The mockery of the religious leaders contrasts with the humility and love demonstrated by Jesus in His willingness to suffer for the sins of the world.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

He saved others, himself he cannot save,.... This was not so much a concession of theirs, that he had done many saving works, as healing the sick, cleansing lepers, causing the blind to see, and the lame to walk, and raising the dead; but rather a suggestion, that these were only pretensions and illusions; that either they were not really done, or done by the help of the devil; since now he himself was in the utmost extremity, he could not save himself: but of this they might have been convinced by his striking many of them to the ground, that came to apprehend him in the garden, and of which these men were eyewitnesses; and he, as man, could easily have obtained of his Father more than twelve legions of angels that would have rescued him out of their hands: but so it must not be; he came not to save himself, but others, and to save them spiritually and eternally by dying himself, If he be the king of Israel; that is, the Messiah, who was promised and expected as a king, as Zion's king, or king of Israel; see Joh 1:49, hence in Mar 15:32 it is Christ the king of Israel, Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. The Persic version reads, "that the people may see, and believe in him"; and the Syriac and Arabic versions, "that we may see, and believe in him", as in Mar 15:32. But, alas! they had seen greater things already than this, and yet had not believed. He could easily have caused the nails to have given way, and unloosed himself, and come down, who had done such mighty works among them; and if he had, there is no reason to conclude they would have believed him to be the Son of God, and the true Messiah; for though after this, he did a much greater work, raised himself from the dead, of which they had the fullest evidence, yet they remained unbelieving.