39And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
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The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-43)In these verses we have, I. Divers passages which we had before in Matthew and Mark concerning Christ’s sufferings. 1. That there were two others, malefactors, led with him to the place of execution, who, it is probable, had been for some time under sentence of death, and were designed to be executed on this day, which was probably the pretence for making such haste in the prosecution of Christ, t…
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