Mark 15:30

30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

Mark 15:30 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:30

Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
] Suggesting that if he was what he had pretended to be, and could do what he gave out he could, he might easily free himself from the cross, and make his escape; (See Gill on Matthew 27:39), (See Gill on Matthew 27:40).

Mark 15:30 In-Context

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29 Those who passed by derided him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,

30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

31 In the same way the chief priests, along with the scribes, were also mocking him among themselves and saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.

32 Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down from the cross now, so that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also taunted him.