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Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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International Standard Version

Mark 15:30

save yourself and come down from the cross!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Jesus, the Christ;   Mocking;   Presumption;   Unbelief;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Despised, Christ;   Sufferings of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Testing;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Body;   Cross, Crucifixion;   Insult;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discipline (2);   Manuscripts;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Passion Week;   Salvation;   Vinegar ;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
save yourself by coming down from the cross!”
King James Version (1611)
Saue thy selfe, and come downe from the Crosse.
King James Version
Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
English Standard Version
save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
New American Standard Bible
save Yourself by coming down from the cross!"
New Century Version
So save yourself! Come down from that cross!"
Amplified Bible
save Yourself by coming down from the cross!"
Legacy Standard Bible
save Yourself by coming down from the cross!"
Berean Standard Bible
come down from the cross and save Yourself!"
Contemporary English Version
Save yourself and come down from the cross!"
Complete Jewish Bible
Save yourself and come down from the stake!"
Darby Translation
save thyself, and descend from the cross.
Easy-to-Read Version
So save yourself! Come down from that cross!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Saue thy selfe, and come downe from the crosse.
George Lamsa Translation
Deliver yourself and come down from the cross.
Good News Translation
Now come down from the cross and save yourself!"
Lexham English Bible
save yourself by coming down from the cross!"
Literal Translation
save Yourself and come down from the cross.
American Standard Version
save thyself, and come down from the cross.
Bible in Basic English
Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.
Hebrew Names Version
save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
Etheridge Translation
deliver thyself and come down from the cross !
Murdock Translation
rescue thyself, and come down from the cross.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saue thy selfe, and come downe from the crosse.
English Revised Version
save thyself, and come down from the cross.
World English Bible
save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
and buildest it in three days, Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
Weymouth's New Testament
come down from the cross and save yourself."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
come adoun fro the crosse, and make thi silf saaf.
Update Bible Version
save yourself, and come down from the cross.
Webster's Bible Translation
Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
New English Translation
save yourself and come down from the cross!"
New King James Version
save Yourself, and come down from the cross!"
New Living Translation
Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!"
New Life Bible
Save Yourself and come down from the cross."
New Revised Standard
save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Save thyself, - coming down from the cross.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Save thyself, coming down from the cross.
Revised Standard Version
save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
save thy sylfe and come doune from the crosse.
Young's Literal Translation
save thyself, and come down from the cross!'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Helpe yi self now, & come downe fro the crosse.
Mace New Testament (1729)
save your self, and come down from the cross.
Simplified Cowboy Version
if you're that powerful, why don't you get yourself off that cross and do it!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
save Yourself, and come down from the cross!"

Contextual Overview

22 They took Jesushim">[fn] to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place.Matthew 27:33; Luke 23:33; John 19:17;">[xr] 23 They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he wouldn't take it.Matthew 27:34;">[xr] 24 Then they crucified him. They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.Psalm 22:18; Luke 23:34; John 19:23;">[xr] 25 It was nine in the morningthe third hour">[fn] when they crucified him.Matthew 27:45; Luke 23:44; John 19:14;">[xr] 26 The written notice of the charge against him read, "The king of the Jews."Matthew 27:37; John 19:19;">[xr] 27 They crucified two banditsrevolutionaries">[fn] with him, one on his right and the other on his left.on his left">[fn] 28 Then the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "He was counted with criminals.",Isaiah 53:12; Matthew 27:38; Luke 22:37;">[xr] 29 Those who passed by kept insultingblaspheming">[fn] him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three daysPsalm 22:7; Mark 14:58; John 2:19;">[xr] - 30 save yourself and come down from the cross!" 31 In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others but can't save himself!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Psalms 22:8 - let him Matthew 27:39 - reviled

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Save thyself, and come down from the cross. Suggesting that if he was what he had pretended to be, and could do what he gave out he could, he might easily free himself from the cross, and make his escape; :-,

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