Mark 15:30

30 come down from the cross and save yourself !”

Mark 15:30 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
English Standard Version (ESV)
30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
New Living Translation (NLT)
30 Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!”
The Message Bible (MSG)
30 so show us your stuff! Save yourself! If you're really God's Son, come down from that cross!"
American Standard Version (ASV)
30 save thyself, and come down from the cross.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
30 Come down from the cross, and save yourself!"
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
30 save Yourself by coming down from the cross!"
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
30 Then come down from the cross! Save yourself!"

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

29 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,
30 come down from the cross and save yourself !”
31 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself!
32 Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
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