Luke 23:37

37 and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

Luke 23:37 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 23:37

And saying, if thou be the King of the Jews
Or their Messiah, who was spoken of as a divine person; for otherwise he might have been their king, and not have been able to have done what is proposed:

save thyself:
or deliver thyself from the cross.

Luke 23:37 In-Context

35 And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up [and] offering him sour win

37 and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

38 And there was also an inscription over him, "This [is] the king of the Jews."

39 And one of the criminals who were hanged there reviled him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself--and us!"