Matthew 27:42

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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...
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 m...
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. other...
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 a...
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, a...
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;...
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, ridicul...
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 wit...
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).
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 cal...
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...
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,...
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...
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 i...
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 de...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Crucifixion. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is...
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 executi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Open Mockery of the Son of God (27:38-44). Having been mocked by the soldiers prior to His crucifixion Jesus must now face the mockery of His...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘In the same way also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, “He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of I...
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...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:42 The Patience of Christ on the Cross. I. It was a cruel aggravation of the sufferings of our blessed Lord to heap reproaches on His...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:42-43 The Mockers at the Cross. I. The first remark that strikes me as deducible from the whole of these words before us is this, that...
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 p...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Our Lord was brought before the Roman governor Pilate. He was anxious to let Jesus go; but he was a weak-minded man, easily swayed by the noisy cry o...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 27:27-30 . Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they st...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 27:27-30 . Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they st...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 27:32 . And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. Perhaps they were afraid...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 27:33-34 . And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled...
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 J...
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 2...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The taunts of the people:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
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

⁴² 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.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 27:42

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 27:42