41 In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking him,[a] saying, 42 “He saved others; he is not able to save himself! He is the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him! 43 He trusts in God; let him deliver him now if he wants to,[b] because he said, ‘I am the Son of God’!”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:41 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Matthew 27:43 Or “let him deliver him now if he wants him”

41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked 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.’”

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