Mark 15:31

31 Also the high priests scorned him each to other with the scribes, and said, He hath made other men safe, he may not save himself. [+In like manner and the highest priests scorning him, each to other, with the scribes, said, Others he made safe, himself he may not make safe.]

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 And as they passed forth, they blasphemed him, moving their heads, and saying, Vath! [Fie!] thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days buildest it again;

30 come adown from the cross, and make thyself safe.

31 Also the high priests scorned him each to other with the scribes, and said, He hath made other men safe, he may not save himself. [+In like manner and the highest priests scorning him, each to other, with the scribes, said, Others he made safe, himself he may not make safe.]

32 Christ, [the] king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we see, and believe. And they that were crucified with him, despised him [And they that were crucified with him, put wrong, or false reproof, to him].

33 And when the sixth hour was come, darknesses were made on [upon] all the earth till into the ninth hour [+till unto the ninth hour, that is, noon].