42 He saved others, but he cannot save himself: if he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.

43 (A)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 self same thing also the [a]thieves which were crucified with him, cast in his teeth.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:44 This is spoken by the figure Synecdoche, for there was but one of them that did revile him.

42 “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel!(A) Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe(B) in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him(C) now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

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