Luke 23:37

37 and sayde: yf thou be that kynge of ye Iewes save thy silfe.

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 stode and behelde. And the rulers mocked him with thee saying: he holpe other men let him helpe him selfe yf he be Christ the chosen of god.

36 The soudiers also mocked him and came and gave him venege

37 and sayde: yf thou be that kynge of ye Iewes save thy silfe.

38 And his superscripcio was writte over him in greke in latine and Ebreu: This is the kynge of the Iewes

39 And one of the evyll doers which hanged rayled on him sayinge: If thou be Christ save thy selfe and vs.