Mark 15:30

30 save thyself and come down from the cross {Gr. stauros – stake}.

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

28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And he was numbered with the transgressors.

29 And those that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads and saying, Ah, thou that would destroy the temple of God and build it in three days,

30 save thyself and come down from the cross {Gr. stauros – stake}.

31 Likewise also the princes of the priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

32 Let the Christ, King of Israel, descend now from the stake that we may see and believe. And those that were crucified {Gr. Stauroo – to hang on a stake} with him reviled him.