41 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, 42 (A)He saved others; [a]He cannot save Himself! (B)He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. 43 (C)He has trusted in God; let God rescue Him now, if He [b]takes pleasure in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:42 Or can He not save Himself?
  2. Matthew 27:43 Or desires;

41 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, mocked Him, saying, 42 “He saved others [from death]; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him and acknowledge Him. 43 He trusts in God; let God rescue Him now, if He delights in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”(A)

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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.

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