'Rescued' in the Bible

And someone asked Him, “Lord, will only a few be saved [from the penalties of the last judgment]?” And He said to them,

Now the people stood by, watching; but even the rulers ridiculed and sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others [from death]; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) of God, His Chosen One.”