Luke 23:35

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Summary

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.

The people

Derided

Christ

General references

Matthew 27:41

Bible References

The people

Many bulls have surrounded me; the vicious bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

I will pour out on the house of David and on the residents of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and of supplications, and they will look to me the one whom they pierced.'"

At that time two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.

Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days

Derided

Now the Pharisees, who love money, had been listening to all this and began to ridicule Jesus.

"Look!" they said. "Here comes the Dream Master!

You people, how long will you malign my reputation? How long will you love what is vain and what is false? Interlude

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop.

I am being mocked because of you. Dishonor overwhelms me.

and say, "God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there's no deliverer."

"This is what my Lord says the LORD your Redeemer, O Israel, and his Holy One to one despised by people, to those abhorred as a nation, to the servant of rulers: "Kings see and arise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, the one who has chosen you."

"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.

I have become a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunts throughout the day.

Christ

They said, "If you are the Messiah, tell us."

But as for me, I am only a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.

"Here is my servant, whom I support, my chosen one, in whom I delight. I've placed my Spirit upon him; and he'll deliver his justice throughout the world.

Then a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him!"

"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, whom I love, and with whom I am pleased! I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to unbelievers.

As you come to him, the living stone who was rejected by people but was chosen and precious in God's sight,

General references

In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes and elders, were also making fun of him. They kept saying,