All they that see me laugh me to scorn
To the afflicted pity should be shown; but instead or pitying him
in his distresses they laughed at him; this must be understood of
the soldiers when they had him in Pilate's hall, and of the Jews
in general when he hung upon the cross; some particular persons
must be excepted, as John the beloved disciple, the mother of our
Lord, Mary Magdalene, and some other women, who stood afar off
beholding him;
they shoot out the lip;
or "open with the lip" F25; they made mouths at him, they put
out their lips, or gaped upon him with their mouths, and in a way
of sport and pastime made wide mouths and drew out their tongues,
as in ( Job 16:10
) ( Isaiah
57:4 ) ;
they shake the head, [saying];
in a way of scorn and derision, as in ( Lamentations
2:15 ) . This was fulfilled in the Jews, ( Matthew
27:39 ) .
F25 (hpvb wryjpy) "hiatum fecerunt labiis suis", Grotius; "they make a mow with their lip", Ainsworth.
