Luke 23:35

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 23:35 tn A figurative extension of the literal meaning “to turn one’s nose up at someone”; here “ridicule, sneer at, show contempt for” (L&N 33.409).
2. Luke 23:35 sn The irony in the statement Let him save himself is that salvation did come, but later, not while on the cross.
3. Luke 23:35 tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.
4. Luke 23:35 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.