If God checked you very closely,\par would he show you are right?\par Do you really think you can fool God\par the same as you fool people?\par
Matthew 27:41 - Easy To Read Version The leading priests, the teachers of the law, and the older Jewish leaders were also there. These men teased Jesus the same as the other people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, made sport of Him, saying, American Standard Version (1901) In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, Common English Bible In the same way, the chief priests, along with the legal experts and the elders, were making fun of him, saying, Catholic Public Domain Version And similarly, the leaders of the priests, with the scribes and the elders, mocking him, said: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and ancients, mocking, said: |
If God checked you very closely,\par would he show you are right?\par Do you really think you can fool God\par the same as you fool people?\par
I hope that all my enemies will be ashamed and embarrassed.\par Those people were happy when bad things happened to me.\par They thought they were better than me!\par So let those people be covered with shame and humiliation.\par
Now, you must not fight against those things. If you do, the ropes around you will become tighter.
The Lord, the Holy One of Israel,\par the Protector of Israel says,\par “My Servant is humble.\par He serves rulers.\par But people hate him.\par But, kings will see him,\par and stand \{to honor him\}.\par Great leaders will bow down to him.”\par
I fired the three shepherds all in one month. I became angry at the sheep, and they began to hate me.
and said, “You said you could destroy the temple and build it again in three days. So save yourself! Come down from that cross, if you are really the Son of God!”
They said, “He saved other people. But he can’t save himself! People say he is the king of Israel (the Jews). If he is the king, then he should come down now from the cross. Then we will believe in him.
His people will turn against him and give him to the non-Jewish people. {\cf2\super [295]} The non-Jews will laugh at him, insult him, and spit on him.
The group that came to arrest Jesus were the leading priests, the older Jewish leaders, and the Jewish soldiers. Jesus said to them, “Why did you come out here with swords and sticks? Do you think I am a criminal?
The people stood there watching \{Jesus\}. The Jewish leaders laughed at Jesus. They said, “If he is God’s Chosen One, the Christ, {\cf2\super [378]} then let him save himself. He saved other people, didn’t he?”