Λουκᾶν 23:37

Greek Modern Translation

και λεγοντες· Εαν συ ησαι ο βασιλευς των Ιουδαιων, σωσον σεαυτον.

Parallel Translations

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
καὶ λέγοντες· Εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, σῶσον σεαυτόν.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
καὶ λέγοντες· εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, σῶσον σεαυτόν.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
και λεγοντες ει συ ει ο βασιλευς των ιουδαιων σωσον σεαυτον

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
και λεγοντες ει συ ει ο βασιλευς των ιουδαιων σωσον σεαυτον

Byzantine/Majority Text
και λεγοντες ει συ ει ο βασιλευς των ιουδαιων σωσον σεαυτον

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Matthew 27:29 - Hail Mark 15:18 - Hail Mark 15:26 - The King of the Jews

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And saying, if thou be the King of the Jews,.... Or their Messiah, who was spoken of as a divine person; for otherwise he might have been their king, and not have been able to have done what is proposed:

save thyself: or deliver thyself from the cross.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 27:41-44.

Luke 23:38

In letters of Greek ... - See the notes at Matthew 27:37.

Luke 23:39

One of the malefactors - Matthew Matthew 27:44 says “the thieves - cast the same in his teeth.” See the apparent contradiction in these statements reconciled in the notes at that place.

If thou be Christ - If thou art the Messiah; if thou art what thou dost pretend to be. This is a taunt or reproach of the same kind as that of the priests in Luke 23:35.

Save thyself and us - Save our lives. Deliver us from the cross. This man did not seek for salvation truly; he asked not to be delivered from his sins; if he had, Jesus would also have heard him. Men often, in sickness and affliction, call upon God. They are earnest in prayer. They ask of God to save them, but it is only to save them from “temporal” death. It is not to be saved from their sins, and the consequence is, that when God “does” raise them up, they forget their promises, and live as they did before, as this robber “would” have done if Jesus had heard his prayer and delivered him from the cross.