Mark 15:31

31 The chief priests and the scribes made fun of him among themselves in the same way. They said, "He saved others, but he can't save himself.

Mark 15:31 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 15:31

Likewise also the chief priests mocking
Or "laughed at one another", as the Syriac version renders it, having gained their point, and satiated their revenge on him:

said among themselves with the Scribes;
who were likewise his implacable enemies;

he saved others, himself he cannot save; (See Gill on Matthew 27:41), (See Gill on Matthew 27:42).

Mark 15:31 In-Context

29 Those who passed by insulted him. They shook their heads and said, "What a joke! You were going to tear down God's temple and build it again in three days.

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

31 The chief priests and the scribes made fun of him among themselves in the same way. They said, "He saved others, but he can't save himself.

32 Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now so that we may see and believe." Even those who were crucified with him were insulting him.

33 At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.