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 encircled me; mighty [bulls] of Bashan have surrounded me.

" 'I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication, and they will look to me whom they pierced, and they shall mourn over him, as one wails over an only child, and they will grieve bitterly over him as [one] grieves bitterly over a firstborn.

Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on [his] right and one on [his] left.

And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild [it] in three days,

Derided

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these [things], and they ridiculed him.

And each said to his brothers, "Look, this master of dreams is coming.

O sons of man, how long will my honor be a disgrace? [How long] will you love vanity? [How long] will you seek lies? Selah

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.

Because on account of you I have borne reproach; disgrace has covered my face.

saying, "His God has abandoned him. Pursue and seize him, because there is no deliverer."

Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer of Israel, his holy one, to the one who despises life, to the one who abhors [the] nation, to [the] slave of rulers: "Kings shall see and stand up; princes, and they shall bow down, for the sake of Yahweh, who [is] faithful, the holy one of Israel, and he has chosen you."

[He was] despised and rejected [by] men, a man of suffering, and acquainted with sickness, and like {one from whom others hide their faces}, [he was] despised, and we did not hold him in high regard.

I have become a laughingstock for all the people, their mocking song all day long.

Christ

saying, "If you are the Christ, tell us!" But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will never believe,

But I [am] a worm and not a man, scorned by humankind and despised by people.

Look! [here is] my servant; I hold him, my chosen one, [in whom] my soul delights. I have {put} my spirit on him; he will bring justice forth to the nations.

And behold, [there was] a voice from heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

"Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

to whom you are drawing near, a living stone rejected by men but chosen [and] precious in the sight of God.

General references

In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking [him], saying,