Matthew 27:42

New International Reader's Version

“He saved others,” they said. “But he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross! Then we will believe in him.

Cross References

Matthew 2:2

They asked, “Where is the child who has been born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose. Now we have come to worship him.”

Matthew 27:37

Above his head they placed the written charge against him. It read, This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

Matthew 27:40

and said, “So you are going to destroy the temple and build it again in three days? Then save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”

Matthew 27:41

In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders made fun of him.

Mark 15:31

In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law made fun of him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said. “But he can’t save himself!

Mark 15:32

Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross! When we see that, we will believe.” Those who were being crucified with Jesus also made fun of him.

Luke 19:38

“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Psalm 118:26) “May there be peace and glory in the highest heaven!”

Luke 23:35

The people stood there watching. The rulers even made fun of Jesus. They said, “He saved others. Let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

Luke 23:37

They said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”

John 1:49

Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are the king of Israel.”

John 12:13

So they took branches from palm trees and went out to meet him. They shouted, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Psalm 118:25,26) “Blessed is the king of Israel!”

John 12:47

“I don’t judge a person who hears my words but does not obey them. I didn’t come to judge the world. I came to save the world.

John 9:24

Again the Pharisees called the man who had been blind to come to them. “Give glory to God by telling the truth!” they said. “We know that the man who healed you is a sinner.”

Acts 4:14

The leaders could see the man who had been healed. He was standing there with them. So there was nothing they could say.