Matthew 27:42

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

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Referenced Verses

  • John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael answered him,“Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!”
  • Matt 27:37 : 37 Above his head they put the charge against him, which read:“This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”
  • John 12:13 : 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout,“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!”
  • John 12:47 : 47 If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
  • Acts 4:14 : 14 And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.
  • Matt 2:2 : 2 saying,“Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
  • Luke 19:38 : 38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
  • John 9:24 : 24 Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him,“Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”

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    29Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

    30save yourself and come down from the cross!”

    31In the same way even the chief priests– together with the experts in the law– were mocking him among themselves:“He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

    32Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

  • Matt 27:43-44
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    43He trusts in God– let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said,‘I am God’s Son’!”

    44The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

  • Luke 23:34-40
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    34[But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

    35The people also stood there watching, but the leaders ridiculed him, saying,“He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”

    36The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,

    37and saying,“If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”

    38There was also an inscription over him,“This is the king of the Jews.”

    39One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying,“Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”

    40But the other rebuked him, saying,“Don’t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

  • Matt 27:35-41
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    35When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.

    36Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

    37Above his head they put the charge against him, which read:“This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

    38Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

    39Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads

    40and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”

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    49But the rest said,“Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to save him.”

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    46At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice,“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is,“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

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    35When some of the bystanders heard it they said,“Listen, he is calling for Elijah!”

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    22Pilate said to them,“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said,“Crucify him!”

    23He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!”

  • Mark 15:26-27
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    26The inscription of the charge against him read,“The king of the Jews.”

    27And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.

  • John 19:21
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    21Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,“Do not write,‘The king of the Jews,’ but rather,‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.’”

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    20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

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    13They shouted back,“Crucify him!”

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    31When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

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    2So Pilate asked him,“Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied,“You say so.”

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    21But they kept on shouting,“Crucify, crucify him!”

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    29When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

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    18There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

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    7The Jewish leaders replied,“We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!”

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    29and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him:“Hail, king of the Jews!”

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    39Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said,“Truly this man was God’s Son!”

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    2They began to accuse him, saying,“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”

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    34Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”

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    19and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised.”