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Jerome's Latin Vulgate
secundum Matthæum 23:37
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et dicentes : Si tu es rex Jud�orum, salvum te fac.
et dicentes: "Si tu es rex Iudaeorum, salvum te fac!".
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.
