Matthew 27:42 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. ”

Matthew 27:42 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He saved others - It does not seem probable that they meant to admit that he had actually saved others, but only that he “pretended” to save them from death by miracles, or that he claimed to be...
Matthew 27:42 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Crucifixion ( Mark 15:21-32 *, Luke 23:26-43 ). Mt. still follows Mk. clearly, the chief alterations being ( a) gall ( Matthew 27:34 ) for myrrh (this is due to Psalms 69:21 , and turns a k...
Matthew 27:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He saved. Note the Alternation here, in the Greek. In Eng. it is an Introversion. . | Others. | He saved j . Himself k . He cannot save. others. App-124. cannot . is not (Greek. ou, as in...
Matthew 27:42 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

42. If he is the King, of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we shall believe him. For they ought not to embrace as King any one who did not answer to the description given...
Matthew 27:42 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1410 THE MOCKING OF CHRIST UPON THE CROSS Matthew 27:38-44 . Then were there two thieves crucified with him; one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by re...
Matthew 27:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He saved others; himself he cannot save - Or, Cannot he save himse...
Matthew 27:42 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, &c.— The rulers having, as theyimagined, wholly overturned our Lord's pretensions as Messiah, ridiculed him on that head, and with a meanness of soul w...
Matthew 27:42 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof he would not drink They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would n...
Matthew 27:42 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
Matthew 27:42 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He saved others. — The mockers, as before (comp. John 11:50-51 ), bear unconscious witness to the truth. They referred, it may be, to the works of healing and the raising of the dead which had bee...
Matthew 27:42 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large pr...
Matthew 27:42 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Where They Crucified Him” Matthew 27:32-44 He will not drink what would dull His keen sense of the momentous issues of the Cross. Those taunts were true. None who save themselves can save othe...
Matthew 27:42 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out...
Matthew 27:42 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. (33) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,...
Matthew 27:42 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

APPARENT FAILURE ‘He saved others; Himself He cannot save.’ Matthew 27:42 We must face the fact that Jesus, Who died, is in the world to-day. I. Apparent failure of the Master .—Judged by...
Matthew 27:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He saved others, himself he cannot save ,.... This was not so much a concession of theirs, that he had done many saving works, as healing the sick, cleansing lepers, causing the blind to see, and th...
Matthew 27:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. Ver. 42. We will believe him ] They would not; but rather have...
Matthew 27:42 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They that passed by reviled him , &c. As it was a great aggravation of our Lord's sufferings that he was crucified along with two thieves, and in the middle of them, as though he had been the ch...
Matthew 27:42 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to t...
Matthew 27:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vi...
Matthew 27:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 27:44 " .
Matthew 27:42 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Final Farewell (27:27-54). In sober words Matthew now portrays what Jesus had to endure from the moment when He was handed over to His executioners to be mocked as ‘the King of the Jews' to th...
Matthew 27:42 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 27:35 . That it might be fulfilled, etc. —Omitted in R.V. It ought not to be questioned that the words were interpolated by the copyists, from John 19:24 ( Scrivener )....
Matthew 27:42 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:26-51 (with Mark 15:15-37 ) Christ on the Cross. Christ on the Cross is our subject. You know His history, And when you read, "The people stood beholding" you will be ready to add,...
Matthew 27:42 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15-30 . Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a nota...
Matthew 27:42 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance bef...
Matthew 27:42 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 Jesus brought to Pilate. ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 .) Matthew 27:1 When the morning was come. This is the e...
Matthew 27:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The taunts of the people:
Matthew 27:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:14 ; John 1:49 ; John 12:47 ; John 9:24 ; Luke 19:38 ; Matthew 2:2 ; Matthew 27:37

Matthew 27:42 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 27:42 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 27:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 27:42 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 27:42 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 27:42 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 27:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 27:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 27:42 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 27:42 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 27:42 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:42 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 27:42 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 27:42 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 27:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 27:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge